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The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
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What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
To view each love one blotted from life's page,
And be alone on earth as I am now.
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking read more
When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking but his own.
The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.
The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings read more
Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.