Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

Our fMRI scanning reveals that middle age represents the transition between the patterns observed in youth to that found in old age. The seesaw imbalance in the two frontal lobe areas is not as significant as in older adults, but the functional changes are detectable by middle age.

Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.

The three ages of man: youth, middle age and 'my word you do look well'.

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I am.

Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life.