If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.

If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, read more

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never read more

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.

Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.

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.

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.

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.