. . . Charles Darnay seemed to stand in a company of the dead. Ghosts all! The ghost of beauty, the ghost of stateliness, the ghost of elegance, the ghost of pride, the ghost of frivolity, the ghost of wit,…

Quote by Charles Dicken

Topics: Age Quotes

Do you spell it with a V or a W?' inquired the judge. 'That depends...

Do you spell it with a V or a W?' inquired the judge. 'That depends...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50,...

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50,...

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill...

And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year....

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year....

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance

Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance

My comfort is, that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more...

My comfort is, that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more...

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age...

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age...

Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past...

Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past...

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Proverbs bear age, and he who would do well may view himself in them as...

Proverbs bear age, and he who would do well may view himself in them as...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...