Nothing lost but much gained

Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Betty Friedan

I love getting older. Oh don't get me wrong, the physical ailments of aging aren't much fun but even those can be relieved with exercise and other things. What I love about getting older is exactly what Friedan points out in today's quote, aging provides us opportunity to grow in character, to gain more life experience, to apply what we've already lived through to our days and to our interactions with other people. We don't lose when we age but we gain! If I think back to even 5 years ago I wouldn't want to return to that time. I love what I've learned and grown in in those years. And you couldn't pay me enough money to go back in time and be a high schooler again! The only way I would consider going back is if I could take with me the wisdom I've gained over the years. Aging has provided me, and hopefully you, the opportunity to grow in wisdom and I don't want to let that go. In addition to wisdom I have gained, and I hope you have as well, strength of character. I have learned how to be strong in resolve, faith, giftings/talents, and other areas that help create one's character. So much has been gained in aging and so little has been lost.
I love getting older, you?

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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