The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.

Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.

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.

Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.

Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.

Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. -Wall Stress Journal.

Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. -Wall Stress Journal.

In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us. -Josh Billings.

In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us. -Josh Billings.

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it read more

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.