~ A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life: maturity reached slowly and against many obstacles, illnesses cured, griefs and despairs overcome, and unconscious risks taken; maturity formed through so many desires, hopes, regrets, forgotten things, loves. A man's age represents a fine cargo of experiences and memories. ~
~ Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~
~ Middle age is youth without its levity, and age without decay. ~
~ Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks. ~
~ Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy. ~
~ Old age ain't no place for sissies. ~
~ All diseases run into one, old age. ~
~ It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart. ~
~ Middle age: The time when you'll do anything to feel better, except give up what is hurting you. ~
~ Old age puts more wrinkles in our minds than on our faces. ~
~ The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. ~
~ Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~