Timely thoughts, in praise of aging. Some serious, some witty. All true.
“Awake sluggards, waste not life, there’s time enough for sleeping in the grave.” Ben Franklin
"No minute gone comes ever back again. Take heed and see ye nothing do in vain". Inscription on Liberty of London clock face.
“I never put off until tomorrow what I can possibly do the day after.” Oscar Wilde
“Perfection of character is this: To live each day as if it were your last. Without frenzy, apathy or pretense.” Marcus Aurelius
“How we spend our days, is of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and that one, is what we have done.” Annie Dillard
“What I like doing best is nothing.” Christopher Robin
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come.” Alfred Lord Tennyson
And finally. on the occasion of an advanced birthday: “Dear, I guess we’ve missed the opportunity to die young.” Gray to Julian