I stayed in a really old hotel last night. They sent me a wake-up letter.
Steven Wright

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
William Shakespeare

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!
William Shakespeare

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.
Robert Frost

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

All diseases run into one, old age.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
Aristotle

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
Aristotle

Education is the best provision for old age.
Aristotle

A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend - and he's a priest.
Erma Bombeck

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.
Erma Bombeck

I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair.
Erma Bombeck

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
Henry David Thoreau

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.
Henry David Thoreau

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Henry David Thoreau

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Henry David Thoreau

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.
Henry David Thoreau