You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.

You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.

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.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.

If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were read more

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

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.

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.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.