The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know read more

There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.

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.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do.

Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden read more

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.