An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

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

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