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

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

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

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.

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.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

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

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.