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Age, like distance lends a double charm.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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.
What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre read more
What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre of the eye?
Is it for Beauty to forego her wreath?
Yes; but not this alone.
Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.
Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.
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.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.
We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.
We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
