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

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

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

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.

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

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

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

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

A man growing old becomes a child again.