It is a sin against hospitality, to open your doors and darken your countenance (Traditional Proverb)
When you see an old man amiable, mild, equable, content, and good-humored, be sure that in his youth he has been just, generous, and forbearing. In his end he does not lament the past, nor dread the future he is like the evening of a fine day. (Traditional Proverb)