Middle age birthday toasts 

Birthdays come and birthdays go
And with each passing year, we grow.
The place for growth should be the mind
Too bad it's more likely on one's behind.
    -- PPM

Age is a high price to pay for maturity.
    -- Tom Stoppard

When I was young, I was told, "You'll see when you are 50."
Now that I'm 50, I can't see a thing.
    -- Erik Satie

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.
    -- Lucille Ball

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
    -- Robert Frost

Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
    -- Jack Benny

Of all the things I've lost, the one I miss the most is my mind.
    -- Mark Twain

The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
     -- H.V. Prochnow

To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
    -- Bernard Baruch.

More middle age birthday toasts:

The old believe everything;
The middle-aged suspect everything;
The young know everything.
    -- Oscar Wilde

Few women admit their age.
Few men act theirs.
    -- Anonymous

If you were to take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world
Then there wouldn't be enough left to run it.
    -- Henry Ford

Middle age is when you've met so many people
that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
    -- Ogden Nash

You've heard of the three ages of man:
youth, age and "you are looking wonderful."
    -- Francis Cardinal Spellman

The really rightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it.
    -- Doris Day

Just remember...once you're over the hill,
you begin to pick up speed.
    --Charles Schultz

At middle age, the soul should be opening up like a rose.
Not closing like a cabbage.
    -- John Andrew Holmes

Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning.
    -- Bob Hope.

If you want to look young and thin, then hang around old fat people.
    --  Jim Eason

Be kind to your kids. They'll be choosing your nursing home.
    -- Bumper sticker