Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

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

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.

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

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

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

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.