"Men worry over the loss of their possessions, not over the loss of their years—which never return." ~~ Traditional Proverb
"Abandon me not when I grow old!" ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 71:9
"Middle age is when a man is warned to slow down by a doctor instead of a policeman." ~~ Sidney Brody
"The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. " ~~ Sam Levenson
"The prosperity of a country can be seen simply in how it treats its old people." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"Happy are we whose youth shamed not our old age!" ~~ Talmud, Sukkah
"You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old." ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 19:32
"You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old. " ~~ George Burns
"It’s no longer a question of staying healthy. It’s a question of finding a sickness you like. " ~~ Jackie Mason
"What grows never grows old." ~~ Noah Benshea
"To learn from the young is to eat unripe fruit and drink new wine; to learn from the old is to eat ripe fruit and drink old wine." ~~ (based on) Sayings of the Fathers 4:28
"Who overcomes his troubles in a hundred years will live long." ~~ Yiddish Proverb