For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell read more

For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done. -Richard Needham.

Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never read more

Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!

Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age.

Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age.

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

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

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

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. -Arthur Schopenhauer.

A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. -Arthur Schopenhauer.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.