— Danish Age brings experience, and a good mind wisdom.
— Greek Age and wedlock bring a man to his nightcap.
— English Age must have allowance.
— American Age and wedlock tame man and beast.
— English ❖ Age and wedlock we all desire and repent of.
— English Age is a sorry travelling companion.
— Danish Age does not give sense, it only makes one go slowly.
— Finnish Age breeds aches.
— English Age gives good advice when it is no
longer able to give a bad example.
— American ❖ Age's virtues are dearly bought.
— Swedish Aged trees cannot be bent.
— Japanese An aging man gets closer to his land a
nd an aging husband closer to his wife.
— Ghanaian An old man is a child for a long time.
— Icelandic Even a friend can not rescue one from old age.
— Kenyan ❖ I have to learn how to walk on three legs s
ays the hyena for when I am old.
— Ugandan In old age one again becomes a child.
— Japanese Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
— Yiddish Old age is a hundred disorders.
— Welsh Old and true love never rusts.
— Hebrew ❖ Old age is ripeness.
— American Old age is not a blessing.
— Russian Old and tough, young and tender.
— English Old age and poverty are wounds
that can't be healed.
— Greek Old age does not announce itself.
— African (Zulu) ❖ Old age will not come alone.
— Welsh Old age is sickness enough of itself.
— English The old woman's meat is vegetables.
— Ghanaian The older one grows,
the more one learns.
— Dutch The older the wiser.
— English ❖ The old woman looks after her hens
and the hens look after the old woman.
— Ghanaian There is no medicine against old age.
— Ghanaian Those who do not listen to the voice
of the elderly are like trees without roots.
— Nigerian When your beard appears,
childhood disappears.
— Rwandan ❖❖❖