Growing old.. Mark #Twain

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen - Mark Twain

Vesuvius, Pompeii, Italy - 1869

[General view and Vesuvius, Pompeii, Italy] (LOC)
Originally uploaded by The Library of Congress

This is what Pompeii would of looked like when Mark Twain visited in 1869. He writes about his European and Middle Eastern adventures in The Innocents Abroad

Mark Twain on dieting

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not - Mark Twain