Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse. -Diana Cooper.

Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse. -Diana Cooper.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

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

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

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.

The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted read more

. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted cut but sparkles near the brim.