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

Forty is the old age of youth fifty the youth of old age.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

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

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.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.