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

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

The crime of loving is forgetting.

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.

When you have done your best with what you know how to do best - and people everywhere look at you with a friendly smile.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.