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Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle read more
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
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.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.
Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.
. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted read more
. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted cut but sparkles near the brim.
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of read more
When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.