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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!
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.
You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.
You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.
It takes a long time to become young.
It takes a long time to become young.
The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows read more
The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too
little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business read more
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too
little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the
full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set read more
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
