Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

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.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in read more

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.