I’m 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics, but if there were 15 months in every year, I’d only be 48.

––James Thurber

I’ll never make the mistake of bein’ 70 again!

 ––Casey Stengel

Forty is the old age of youth; 50 the youth of old age.

 ––Victor Hugo

I refuse to admit that I’m more than 52 even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

––Lady Astor

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

 ––Franz Kafka

Denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of their blood.

 ––Logan Pearsall Smith

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

––George Bernard Shaw

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

––Madeleine L’Engle

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless, are the true gold mines of a culture.

––Abraham Heschel

Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.

 ––Cyril Connolly

To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

––Oscar Wilde

The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

 ––Lucille Ball

You’re never too old to become younger.

––Mae West