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Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, read more
My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief
Are mine alone!
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),
The old are in a second childhood.
The old are in a second childhood.
Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.
If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.
Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.
Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.
Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. -Wall Stress Journal.
Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. -Wall Stress Journal.