Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.