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.

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as the evening twilight fades away, read more

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as the evening twilight fades away, the sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

Young people need models, not critics...

Young people need models, not critics...

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

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

Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.

Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.

Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what
it hopes, not by what read more

Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what
it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.

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

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Life went a-Maying
With Nature, Hope, and Poesy;
When I was young!
When I read more

Life went a-Maying
With Nature, Hope, and Poesy;
When I was young!
When I was young?--Ah, woful when!