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

Stanislaw Lec

youth, gift of nature, age is work of art

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

Victor Hugo

old age of youth fifty the youth

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Sophocles

man, growing, child, age

Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams

old minds, exercise, working order, age

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

George Burns

getting older, age

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Tom Stoppard

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

Andre Maurois

growing old. age, habit,

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

Hosea Ballou

forty is old age, fifty is youth of old age

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

Voltaire

persons, virtue, age, energy