Sydney Smith Quote

One evil in old age is, that as your time is come, you think that every little illness is the beginning of the end. When a man expects to be arrested, every knock at the door is an alarm.

A Memoir of The Reverend Sydney Smith: by His Daughter (1855)

One evil in old age is, that as your time is come, you think that every little illness is the beginning of the end. When a man expects to be...

One evil in old age is, that as your time is come, you think that every little illness is the beginning of the end. When a man expects to be...

One evil in old age is, that as your time is come, you think that every little illness is the beginning of the end. When a man expects to be...

One evil in old age is, that as your time is come, you think that every little illness is the beginning of the end. When a man expects to be...