On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine
cooler, and said that it was read more

On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine
cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. "It is very
small for its age," said Gnathaena.

Age--that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we read more

Age--that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we no longer have the enterprise to commit.

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry read more

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, read more

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn

Life a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of the future beyond knowledge, the quality read more

Life a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of the future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.

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.

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person read more

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.