My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, read more

My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief
Are mine alone!
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you read more

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.

No man is ever old enough to know better.

No man is ever old enough to know better.

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.

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain read more

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

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.

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of read more

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.

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.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping read more

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.