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If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.
If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.
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 only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
Weak withering age no rigid law forbids.
With frugal nectar, smooth and slow with balm,
The sapless read more
Weak withering age no rigid law forbids.
With frugal nectar, smooth and slow with balm,
The sapless habit daily to bedew,
And give the hesitating wheels of life
Gliblier to play.
I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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.
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.
Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.
The time to begin most things is ten years ago. -Mignon McLaughlin.
The time to begin most things is ten years ago. -Mignon McLaughlin.