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

Stanislaw Lec

gift of nature, work of art.

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

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Henry David Thoreau

old as those who have outlived

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

Andrew Carnegie

age, older, attention

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Tom Stoppard

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

C.S.Lewis

incessant, great,

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

Andre Maurois

growing old. age, habit,

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

Kurt Vonnegut

terror, discover, morning

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

Bill Vaughan

youth, allowed, late, age