An old man is twice a child.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Elderly Quotes

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

What is past is prologue.

What is past is prologue.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just...

Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just...

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner.

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner.

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I...

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I...

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame;...

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame;...

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Boldness be my friend.

Boldness be my friend.

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York;...

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York;...

I will praise any man that will praise me.

I will praise any man that will praise me.

The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, Which hurts and is desired.

The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, Which hurts and is desired.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something...

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something...

Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we...

Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we...