To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from read more

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.

Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
We are belabored by the gout,
Our blindness is a read more

Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
We are belabored by the gout,
Our blindness is a dark profound,
Our deafness each one laughs about.
Then reason's light with falling ray
Doth but a trembling flicker cast.
Honor to age, ye children pay!
Alas! my fifty years are past!

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. (Merchant Of Venice)

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. (Merchant Of Venice)

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.

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn

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.

A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.

A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.

Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do.

Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do.