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.

The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
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What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
To view each love one blotted from life's page,
And be alone on earth as I am now.

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

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

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.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

Old age needs so little but needs that little so much.

Old age needs so little but needs that little so much.

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

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