It is so comic to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose! – Alice James.

All would live long, but none would be old – Benjamin Franklin.

Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese – Billie Burke.

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle – Bob Hope.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional – Chili Davis.

A woman has the age she deserves – Coco Chanel.

Youth is a disease from which we all recover – Dorothy Fulheim.

In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities – E.B. White.

There’s no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow – Edith Wharton.

I’m not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You’re as old as you feel – Elizabeth Arden.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy – Helen Hayes.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm – Henry David Thoreau.

Age does not protect you from love, but love to some extent protects you from age – Jeanne Moreau.

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone – Jim Fiebig.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams – John Barrymore.

The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been – Madeleine L’engle.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter – Mark Twain.

Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative – Maurice Chevalier.

Live your life and forget your age – Norman Vincent Peale.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age – Robert Frost.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man – Trotsky.