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

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

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. -Wall Stress Journal.

Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. -Wall Stress Journal.

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from read more

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

Oh, for one hour of blind old Dandolo,
Th' octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe!

Oh, for one hour of blind old Dandolo,
Th' octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe!

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.

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance. -Shakespeare.

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance. -Shakespeare.

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.