Time takes its toll

What does the phrase, "Time takes its toll on us" really mean and how did it come to be an expression?

Aging, the passage of time, extracts a price. Time wears down, weathers objects and people. But the passage of time can also add patina -- a surface appearance of something grown beautiful, especially with age or use (Merriam-Webster). Of course, wild women improve with age.

That's my little essay. Anyone have an origin?