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

Francis Bacon

never, always, age

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Tom Stoppard

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

George Burns

getting older, age

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Henry David Thoreau

age, old, outlived

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.

Francis Bacon

appears, things, best, age

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

Agatha Christie

best husband, women, age

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

Andre Maurois

Growing old, habit

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.

Victor Hugo

grace, wrinkles, adorable, age

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

Victor Hugo

old age of youth fifty the youth