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

A man growing old becomes a child again.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.