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

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

On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine
cooler, and said that it was read more

On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine
cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. "It is very
small for its age," said Gnathaena.

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

To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the read more

To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.

Age considers; youth ventures.

Age considers; youth ventures.

I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else.

I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else.

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

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.