Charles Dickens Quotes About Aging

• Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life.

  Charles Dickens

  Children, Father, Heart

  Charles Dickens (2016). “Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty'”, p.25, Sai ePublications via PublishDrive

• I find my breath gets short, but it seldom gets longer as a man gets older. I take it as it comes, and make the most of it. That's the best way, ain't it?

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Words Of Wisdom, Way

  Charles Dickens (1872). “A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens”, p.55

• Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

  Charles Dickens

  Regret, Hair, Age

  Charles Dickens (2015). “Martin Chuzzlewit”, p.183, Booklassic

You May Also Like:

Mark Twain

William Shakespeare

Jane Austen

Edgar Allan Poe

Leo Tolstoy

Oscar Wilde

Charlotte Bronte