The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

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.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart

That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart

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.

By the time we've made it, we've had it. -Malcolm Forbes.

By the time we've made it, we've had it. -Malcolm Forbes.

He has grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life.
read more

He has grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life.
So that no wonder waits him.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.