Old age needs so little but needs that little so much.

Old age needs so little but needs that little so much.

The old are in a second childhood.

The old are in a second childhood.

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

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

Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.

Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.

The person of wisdom is the person of years.

The person of wisdom is the person of years.

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from read more

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it read more

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden read more

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.