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You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.
You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.
 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried 
in a good old age.  
 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried 
in a good old age. 
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have read more
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.
A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. -Arthur Schopenhauer.
A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. -Arthur Schopenhauer.
It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date read more
It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in a small way. -Edith Wharton.