Category Old Money, Old Wisdom

Gift ideas, quotes about time and the old-fashioned wisdom behind them, for anyone choosing words to live with.

What to Write in a Sympathy Card When You Don’t Know What to Say

What to write in a sympathy card when you don't know what to say: simple wording by relationship, what to avoid, short quotes and how to follow up.

Thank-you gifts for volunteers, carers and mentors who give their time freely, what to check first, and what to write in the card.

Birthday quotes about time and getting older, from funny to heartfelt, with a guide to each milestone and what to write in the card.

Retirement gift ideas for every kind of retiree, from travellers to reluctant leavers, plus a simple formula for what to write in the card.

Quotes about spending time with family: short lines for cards, with correct attributions and simple ways to turn them into real time together.

Retirement card quotes about time: 20 funny and heartfelt lines for a retirement card, plus tips on what to write and prints to match.

Productivity quotes for office walls that actually help: four short lines on time and priorities, where they come from, and how to choose one.

The time you enjoy wasting quote is pinned on John Lennon and Bertrand Russell. Here is who really wrote it, when, and what it meant.

The best Benjamin Franklin quotes about time, where each first appeared, what “time is money” really meant, and which lines he borrowed.

Einstein quotes about time, checked against the record: what he meant by “time is an illusion”, and the famous lines he never actually said.