You May Also Like / View all maxioms
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
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
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.
It takes a long time to become young.
It takes a long time to become young.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed
