Age quotes

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

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.

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

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

All diseases run into one, old age.

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

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

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

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.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

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

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

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

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.

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