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.

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

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.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

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

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

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

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

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

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