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I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I am.
I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I am.
Life begins at 40 -- but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story read more
Life begins at 40 -- but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.
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!
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.
God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.
If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.
If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties read more
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by
reason of strength they be fourscore read more
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by
reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength
labour and sorrow; for it soon cut off, and we fly away.
