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We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.
We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Youth is wasted on the young.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.
Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.
If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.
If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance. -Shakespeare.
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance. -Shakespeare.