Many of us are at the “metallic” age – Gold in our teeth, silver in our hair – and lead in our pants.

You don’t stop cheering because you’ve grown old – you grow old because you’ve stopped cheering.

More people would live to ripe old age if they weren’t too busy providing for it.

Young people on a lark might keep in mind that all birds, except cuckoos, build their nests before hatching their eggs.

One cannot help being old – but one can resist being aged.

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old.

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

Man has reached middle age if he can’t repeat his follies with impunity; woman, with grace.

You know you’re getting old when you look at a beautiful 19-year-old girl and you find yourself thinking, ‘Gee, I wonder what her mother looks like’.

You are only young once, but if you use your time right, once is enough.