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

Mark Twain

issue of mind over matter

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

Stanislaw Lec

gift of nature, work of art.

Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams

old minds, exercise, working order, age

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

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

Hosea Ballou

forty is old age, fifty is youth of old age

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Mark Twain

wrinkles, merely, age

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Henry David Thoreau

old as those who have outlived

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Tom Stoppard

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

Agatha Christie

best husband, women, age