Getting old we can deal with. Being old is the problem
I'm comfortable being old. . . being black. . . being Jewish.
I'm mad about being old and I'm mad about being American. Apart from that, OK.
I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me.
One cannot help being old, but one can resist being aged.
Being old is such a treat!
Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
There's nothing like being old to be sure of everything.
You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young.