Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Old men are twice children. Pr.

Old men lose one of the most precious rights of man, that of being judged by their peers. Goethe.

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long. Capt. John Brown.

Old men's lives are lengthened shadows; their evening sun falls coldly on the earth, but the shadows all point to the morning. Jean Paul.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise 25 them if you wish to keep them in working order. John Adams.

Old ovens are soon heated. Pr.

Old oxen have stiff horns. Pr.

Old shoes are easiest. Pr.

Old signs do not deceive. Dan. Pr.

Old wood to burn, old books to read, old wine 30 to drink, and old friends to converse with. Alphonso of Castile.