Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I read more

At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

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.

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

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.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.