The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.

The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep read more

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

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.

Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties read more

Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.

In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the read more

In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived.