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To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -Bernard Baruch.
To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -Bernard Baruch.
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.
By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed
Life is a long lesson in humility. -James M. Barrie.
Life is a long lesson in humility. -James M. Barrie.