Considering the alternative. . . it's not too bad at all.

One does not grow old until he believes he has more to look back on than he has to look forward to.

When you hit seventy you sleep sounder, you feel more alive than when you were thirty. Obviously it's healthier to have women on your mind than on your knees.

You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing.

The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years of experience.

A man must have his dreams - memory dreams of the past and eager dreams of the future. I never want to stop reaching for new goals.

I prefer old age to the alternative.