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

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

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.

Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.

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

Like a genial hotelier, Rolex has introduced me to some of the nicest people. I ask about their Rolex and they ask about mine. It's as marvelous a conversation piece as it is a timepiece.

A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.