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

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

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

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

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.

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

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

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

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

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