Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.

Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.

To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score read more

To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle read more

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, read more

My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief
Are mine alone!
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

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.

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by read more

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.

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.

I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.