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If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never read more
If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never read more
Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!
Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.
Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
