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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.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.
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.
The years teach much which the days never knew.
The years teach much which the days never knew.
Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;
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For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;
And out of old bokis, in good fey,
Comyth al this newe science that men lere.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.