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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
It takes a long time to become young.
It takes a long time to become young.
The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows read more
The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!
The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.
The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.
The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.
Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.
Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.
I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
