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If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.
If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.
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),
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after read more
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his
eye was not dim, nor his read more
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his
eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning read more
The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.
It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a read more
It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem -and in my esteem age is not estimable.
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.