Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

I've got volumes on how not to behave. I've got more information now than a guy should have at my read more

I've got volumes on how not to behave. I've got more information now than a guy should have at my age.

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were read more

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing read more

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never read more

Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the 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),

To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score read more

To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.