Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were read more

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.

The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have read more

The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.

The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young "sow wild oats," but when old, grow sage. -H. J. read more

The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young "sow wild oats," but when old, grow sage. -H. J. Byron.

Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci.

Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.