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

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

The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.

The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.

The old are in a second childhood.

The old are in a second childhood.

Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.

Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.

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.

The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the read more

The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. -Helen Rowland.

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

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

Just as old age is creeping on space,
And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day,
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Just as old age is creeping on space,
And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day,
They kindly leave us, though not quite alone,
But in good company--the gout or stone.

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.