To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the read more

To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep read more

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn

I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away read more

I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.

A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. -Arthur Schopenhauer.

A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. -Arthur Schopenhauer.

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.

Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.

Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.