What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Voltaire

persons, virtue, age, energy

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Stanislaw Lec

gift of nature, work of art.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

C.S.Lewis

incessant, great,

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Tom Stoppard

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Sophocles

man, growing, child, age

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

Bill Cosby

everyone, mistake, getting, age

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

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

Theodore Roosevelt

old, age, everything,

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

Robert Frost

diplomat, remember