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

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

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

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

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