“HAG, n. An elderly lady whom you do not happen to like; sometimes called, also, a hen, or cat. Old witches, sorceresses, etc., were called hags from the belief that their heads were surrounded by a kind of baleful lumination or nimbus --hag being the popular name of that peculiar electrical light sometimes observed in the hair. At one time hag was not a word of reproach: Drayton speaks of a "beautiful hag, all smiles," much as Shakespeare said, "sweet wench." It would not now be proper to call your sweetheart a hag --that compliment is reserved for the use of her grandchildren.”
Ambrose Bierce
“The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit”
German Proverb
“Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.”
Lillian Carter
“A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.”
Abraham J. Heschel
“Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world”
George Bernard Shaw
“When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is”
Oscar Wilde
“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
