It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who
have lost it.
W. Sommerset Maughan, British novelist and dramatist
Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable
La Bruyère, French satirist
People always fancy that we must become old to become wise, but, in truth,
as years advance it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were.
Goethe, German poet and statesman
It is all the youth can do for the old,
to shock them and keep them up to date.
George Bernhard Shaw, Irish dramatist and critic
At twenty the will rules; at thirty the
intellect; at forty the judgement.
Baltasar Garciàn, Spanish Jesuit priest
Young men think old men are fools;
but old men know young men are fools.
Gearge Chapman, British poet and dramatist
It is better to waste one's youth than doing nothing at all with it.
Georges Courteline, French dramatist and poet
If youth only knew; if age only could.
Henri Estienne, French scholar and publisher
All would live long, but none would be old.
Benjamin Franklin, Amarican diplomat, scientist and writer
If i'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care
of myself.
Eubie Blake, British centenarian
The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything; the
young know everything.
Oscar Wilde, British dramatist and poet