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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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