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)

Sydney Smith Quotes

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...