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

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

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

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

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

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

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

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

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