The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.

The stars shall fade away the sun himself Grow dim with age and nature sink in years But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth Unhurt amidst the wars of elements The wrecks of matter and the crush of worlds.

Age is a matter of feeling not of years.

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

Like many women my age I am 28 years old.

Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil they were bullies and they didn't know anything.

Few women I fear have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty the wit and at forty the judgment.

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits he cannot feel old no matter what his years may be.

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes but you don't change at all. And that of course causes great confusion.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone but years after we know it was much later.

I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.

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.