Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer
linked with life, the less man has to do
with aught that looks like death.
-- Herman
Melville
1819-1891,
American Author
The older I grow the more I distrust the
familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
-- H. L.
Mencken
1880-1956,
American Editor, Author, Critic, Humorist
Not till the fire is dying in the grate,
Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh,
wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the
great price we paid for it full worth: We
have it only when we are half earth. Little
avails that coinage to the old!
-- George
Meredith
1828-1909,
British Author
Don't just count your years, make your years
count.
-- Ernest
Meyers
