In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have borne long; or that, finding ourselves in age less regarded, we less regard others; or, that we look with slight regard upon afflictions to which we know that the hand of death is […]
Old Quotes
I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often, but I’m well preserved. (on her 100th birthday, 1991)
The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.
There is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellect. If a young or middle-aged man, when leaving a company, does not recollect where he laid his hat, it is nothing; but if the same inattention is discovered in an old man, people will shrug up their shoulders, […]
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. “I reckon,” he said, with a twinkle in his eye, “it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.”
It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that comes with experience And wrinkled ripe fulfilment.
The riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voice of friends and to say to oneself: ‘The work is done.’ But just as one says that, the answer comes: ‘The race […]
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.
Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do.
