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.

Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.

Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.

Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.

For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;
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For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;
And out of old bokis, in good fey,
Comyth al this newe science that men lere.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what
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Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what
it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.