But age, allas, that al wole envenyme,
Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith.
Lat go. Farewel! The devel go therwith!
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue. Age, that poisons everything, has taken away the Woman of Bath’s beauty and youthful energy. But she says resignedly: let it go and the devil go with it!