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

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

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

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.

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

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

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

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

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