It were a real increase of human happiness
It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five. Thomas Carlyle
As you age naturally
As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage. Frances Conroy
As I grow older,
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. Andrew Carnegie
How incessant and great
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. C. S. Lewis
Old age, believe me,
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. Confucius
Old age has deformities
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice. Eleanor Roosevelt
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years.
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Samuel Ullman
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have.
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. Agatha Christie
All diseases run into one,
All diseases run into one, old age. Ralph Waldo Emerson
None are so old
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. Henry David Thoreau