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Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.
Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci.
Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci.
The three ages of man: youth, middle age, and "You're looking wonderful!"
The three ages of man: youth, middle age, and "You're looking wonderful!"
It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date read more
It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in a small way. -Edith Wharton.
It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a read more
It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem -and in my esteem age is not estimable.
At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still read more
At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still include them all.
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from read more
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed