Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. – Confucius
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice. – Eleanor Roosevelt
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. – Agatha Christie
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. – Aristotle
Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries. – Bill Cosby
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
Every man over forty is a scoundrel. – George Bernard Shaw
Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face. – Albert Camus
A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world. – Maurice Chevalier
A man growing old becomes a child again. – Sophocles
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. – Francis Bacon
Age considers youth ventures. – Rabindranath Tagore
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. – Tom Stoppard
Old age is no place for sissies. – Bette Davis
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own. – Bette Midler
There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. – Sophia Loren
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. – Don Marquis
Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. – John Adams
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. – Hosea Ballou
