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

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

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Henry David Thoreau

age, old, outlived

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

Stanislaw Lec

gift of nature, work of art.

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

C.S.Lewis

incessant, great,

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

Albert Camus

certain age, responsible, for his face, age

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

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Tom Stoppard

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

Emily Dickinson

old age, suddenly, gradually, thought