Her years
Were ripe, they might make six-and-twenty springs;
But there are forms which Time to touch read more

Her years
Were ripe, they might make six-and-twenty springs;
But there are forms which Time to touch forbears.
And turns aside his scythe to vulgar things.

An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]

An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices read more

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,
so I am no read more

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,
so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the
youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can
never be so in mind.

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.