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

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

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

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

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

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

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

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.