“You’re lucky, you know. You and Jem have the benefit of your father’s age. If your father was thirty you’d find life quite different.”
“I sure would. Atticus can’t do anything…”
“You’d be surprised,” said Miss Maudie. “There’s life in him yet.”
– Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 10. Miss Maudie to Scout, who is angry because Atticus, a man in his fifties, cannot play with her and Jem.