By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

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.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as read more

The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age.

Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.