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

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

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

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

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

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

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.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

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