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The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.
The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.
When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking read more
When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking but his own.
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Life begins at 40 -- but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story read more
Life begins at 40 -- but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.
At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I read more
At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?
Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese
Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese
Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were read more
Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.
The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows read more
The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. (Merchant Of Venice)
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. (Merchant Of Venice)
