Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties read more

Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.

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.

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it read more

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.

When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day.

When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden read more

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in read more

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

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

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