Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.
A paradoxical observation that forty marks the transition from youth to middle age, while fifty represents a second youth within old age.
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In youth we learn; in old age we understand.
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
— Mark Twain
When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; an…
— Pope
To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
— Bernard Baruch
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
— Lucille Ball
Age is the best possible fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
