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

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.

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

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

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

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

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

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

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.