Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were read more

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried
in a good old age.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried
in a good old age.

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your read more

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings read more

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.

Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.

The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.

The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he read more

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.