The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-06-06

There are three clases into which all the wo-
men past seventy years of age, that ever
knew, were to be divided: l. That dear old
soul 2. That old woman; 3. That old witch
Coleridge.
When noble life has prepared old age, it is
not the decline that it reveals, but the first days
of Immortality. Madame de Stael.
The evening of life brings with it it's lamps.
-Foubert.
Can man be so age-stricken that no faintest
sunshine OF his youth may revisit him once a
year? Itis impossible. The moss on our time
worn mansion brightens into beauty the good
old pastor, who once dwelt here, renewed his
prime and regained his boyhood in the genial
breezes of his ninetieth spring. Alas for the
worn and heavy soul, if, whether in youth or
age, it has outlived its privilege of springtime
sprightliness !-Ha1thorne.
Age make us not childish, as some say it
finds us still true children Goethe.
O sir, you are old; nature in you stands on
the very verge of her confne you should be
ruled and led by some discretion, that discerns
your state better than you yourself.-Shake-
speare.
Age is rarely despsed but when tits contemp-
tible-Johnson.
Old age likes to dwell in the recollectons Of
the past and, mistaking the speedy march of
years, often is inclined to take the prudence of
the winter time for fit wisdom of mid-sum-
mer days. Manhood is beut to the passing cares
of the passing moment, and holds so closely to
his eyes the sheet of "to- day." that it screens
the 'to-morrow" from his sight.-Kossuth.
They say women and music should never be
Dated Goldsmith.
We should provide for our age, in order that
our age may have no urgent wants Of this world
to absorb it from the meditation of the next
1t is awful to see the lean hands of dotage max
ing Golfer of the grave !-Bulwer Lytton.
There cannot live more unhappy creature
than an i'll natured old man, who is neither ca
pable of receiving pleasures nor sensible of do
| ing them to others.-Str w. Temple.
| Age, that lessons the enjoyment of life, in
creases our desire of living Goldsmith.
Old age is never honored among us, but only
ndulged, as childhood is; and old men lose
one of the most precious rights of man-that
of being judged by their peers Goethe.
A healthy old fellow, who is not fool, is the
happiest creature living.-Steele.
1t is noticeable how intuitively in age we &c
back with strange fondness to all that is fresh in
| the earliest dawn of youth. If we never cared
for little children before we delight to see them
roll in the grass over which We hobble on crutch
es. The grandsire turns YEARLY from his mid
| die aged, care worn son, to listen with infant
laugh to the pratte of an infant grandchld.- -
1t is the old who plant young trees; it is the
| old who are most saddened by the autumn, and
| feel most delight in the returning spring.-But
| toer Lytton.
No wise man ever wished to be younger
Stoif
Last scene of all, that ends this strange
eventful history, is second childishness, ano
mere oblivion sans teeth. sans eyes, sans taste
sans Shakespeare.
1t is difficult to grow old gracefully y.-Madam
de Stael.
Though sinking in decrepit age, he prema.
turely falls whose memory records no benefit
conferred on him by man. They only have
lived long who have lived virtuously.-Shcri'
| dan.
Men of age object too much, consult too long
adventure too little, repent too soon, and sci
dom drive business home to the full period, bu
content themselves with a mediocrty of sue
cess.-Bacon.
When men grow virtuous in their old age
they are merely making a sacrifice to God o
the Devils leavings.-Ss0yt.
There is nothing more disgraceful than tina
an old man should have nothing to produce
as proof that he has lived long, except hi
| years.-Seneccd.
I venerate old age; and love not the mar
who can look without emotion upon the sunse
of life, when the dusk of evening begins t.
gather over the watery eye, and the shadows o
twilight grow broader and deeper upon the un
derstanding. g.-Longfellow
Ones age should be tranquil, as ones child
hood should be playful; hard work, at eithe
extremity of human existence, seems to me GU
of place the morning and the evening shoul'
be alike cool and peaceful; at midday the SUI
may burn, and men may labor.-Dr. Arnold.
Some one has said Of fine and honorabl
old age, that it was the childhood Of immortal
ity.--Pindar.
Cautious age suspects the hattering form, an
only credits what experience tells.-Ojohnsos.