Old Age - 老年

He  who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden. --Plato

What compensate of the old age in human is the gain of wisdom, something you don't see much in the kingdom of animals.

Life has got to be lived--that's all there is to it. At seventy, I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that this too shall pass. --Eleanor Roosevelt

These crowded hours have been interesting and stimulating. They have, I hope, been useful. They have, at least, been lived to the hilt. --Eleanor Roosevelt

Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life,
For which the first was made. --Robert Browning

Most of us believe that aging is accompanied by a sharp decline in our physical and mental abilities. We think getting older means getting sick. But, as you'll soon discover, disease is not an inevitable part of aging. In fact, it is even possible to become biologically younger while you become chronologically older.

Luella Tyra was 92 in 1984, when she competed in five categories at the U. S. Swimming Nationals in Mission Viejo, California.