"It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen." ― Brigitte Bardot Topic(s): Age More From Brigitte Bardot "I am no mother, and I won’t be one." "Do you have to have a reason for loving?" "What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it." More In Age "I’m very pleased to be here. Let’s face it, at my age I’m very pleased to be anywhere."― George Burns "Wives are young men’s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses."― Francis Bacon "Age merely shows what children we remain."― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe