We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are points in which you young folks are altogether our superiors: and I can't help constantly crying out to persons of my own years, when busied…

Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is...

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is...

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking

Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for...

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for...

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my...

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my...

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment...

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment...

Follow your honest convictions and be strong

Follow your honest convictions and be strong

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

You know you're getting fat when you can pinch an inch on your forehead.

You know you're getting fat when you can pinch an inch on your forehead.

Old age is a woman's hell.

Old age is a woman's hell.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

If youth knew; if age could.

If youth knew; if age could.