Old age is an island surrounded by death.
Old Quotes
Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.” Said the old man, “I do that too.” The little boy whispered, “I wet my pants.” “I do that too,” laughed the old man. Said the little boy, “I often cry.” The old man nodded, “So do I.” “But worst of all,” said the boy, “it […]
Why, Thais, do you constantly call me old? No one, Thais, is too old for some things.
Age is bound to bring some wrinkles, but none of them should be from worry.
Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age? Have you not a moist eye? a dry hand? a yellow cheek? a white beard? a decreasing leg? an increasing belly? is not your voice broken? your wind short? your chin double? your […]
After 60, it’s just patch, patch, patch.
What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
The older I wax the better I shall appear. (Henry V)
Such is the condition of life that something is always wanting to happiness. In youth we have warm hopes, which are soon blasted by rashness and negligence, and great designs which are defeated by inexperience. In age, we have knowledge and prudence, without spirit to exert, or motives to prompt them; we are able to […]
The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.
