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 – French Actor 1888-1972

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
--Robert Frost – American Poet 1874-1963

A man growing old becomes a child again.
--Sophocles – Greek Poet 496 BC-406 BC

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
--Bette Midler – American Actress Born 1945

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
--Tom Stoppard – English Dramatist Born 1937

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
--Don Marquis – American Poet 1878-1937

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
--Albert Camus – French Philosopher 1913-1960

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
--Henry Ford – American Businessman 1863-1947

As men get older, the toys get more expensive.
--Marvin Davis – American Businessman 1925-2004

As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage.
--Frances Conroy – American Actress Born 1953

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
--Aristotle – Greek Philosopher 384 BC – 322 BC

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
--George Bernard Shaw – Irish Dramatist 1856-1950

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
--Hosea Ballou – American Clergyman 1771-1852

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.
--T. S. Eliot – American Poet 1888-1965

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.
--Bob Hope – American Comedian 1903-2003

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
--Lauren Bacall – American Actress Born 1924

I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children.
--Sting – British Musician Born 1951

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Francis Bacon – English Philosopher 1561-1626

I'm not afraid of aging.
--Shelley Duvall – American Actress Born 1949

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.
--Pope Paul VI – Italian Clergyman 1897-1978

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
--Brigitte Bardot – French Actress Born 1934

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.
--Bob Hope – American Comedian 1903-2003

Old age is a shipwreck.
--Charles de Gaulle - French Leader 1890-1970

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
--Golda Meir – Israeli Leader 1898-1978

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 - Chinese Philosopher 551 BC – 479 BC

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.
--Dwight L. Moody – American Clergyman 1837-1899

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
--Doris Day – American Actress Born 1924⁶