This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age. Latin: Hoc vinum Falernum annorum quadragenta est. Bene aetatem fert.

There is so much more than that little space from 14 to 40. And if you cut that off and begin to believe that you are not good past a certain age, then you end up scared and insecure and afraid. That is definitely NOT beautiful.

Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had, and what you've learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy

At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.