So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.

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

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

Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your read more

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

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.

We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it.

We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it.

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

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

Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
We are belabored by the gout,
Our blindness is a read more

Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
We are belabored by the gout,
Our blindness is a dark profound,
Our deafness each one laughs about.
Then reason's light with falling ray
Doth but a trembling flicker cast.
Honor to age, ye children pay!
Alas! my fifty years are past!