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There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.
The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us. -Josh Billings.
In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us. -Josh Billings.
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!
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away read more
I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.