Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. -Leon Trotsky.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. -Leon Trotsky.

The trick is growing up without growing old.

The trick is growing up without growing old.

My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, read more

My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief
Are mine alone!
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),

. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted read more

. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted cut but sparkles near the brim.

On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine
cooler, and said that it was read more

On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine
cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. "It is very
small for its age," said Gnathaena.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

He has grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life.
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He has grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life.
So that no wonder waits him.

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.