Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a childrens party taken over by the elders. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Age merely shows what children we remain. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is a certain even-handed justice in Time; and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs us of elasticity of limb and spirit, and in its place he brings tranquility and repose—the mild autumnal weather of the soul. – Alexander Smith, “An Essay on an Old Subject”