Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

What power had I
before I learned to yield?
Shatter me Great Wind!
I shall possess the field!
Richard Wilbur
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What power had I
before I learned to yield?
Shatter me Great Wind!
I shall possess the field!
Richard Wilbur
a stanza from his poem To A Milkweed.

Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.

Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you'd have the time of your life.

Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you'd have the time of your life.

Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and read more

By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie. By postponing the question we have set on immaturity a premium which controls most American personality to its deathbed.

Youth condemns; maturity condones.

Youth condemns; maturity condones.