A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.
Old Quotes
As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.
Oh gracious, why wasn’t I born old and ugly? (“Barnaby Rudge”)
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less that 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions. “How old are you?” “I’m four and a half!” You’re never thirty-six and a half. You’re four and […]
If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully.
We turn not older with years, but newer every day.
It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.
Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them!
Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.
Every time I think that I’m getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.
