You take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world and there wouldn't be enough left to run it.

We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

Usually youth is for freedom and reform, maturity for judicious compromise, and old age for stability and repose.

There's a vintage which comes with age and experience.

Even the hard times are part of your life story. If you acknowledge them and move past them, they eventually add up to the experience that makes you wise.