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

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

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

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!

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

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.