~ In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long. ~
~ The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth. ~
~ Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age ~
~ Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age. ~
~ What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine ~
~ The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife. ~
~ Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame; Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold; Youth is wild, and age is tame. ~
~ All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth ~
~ There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age - I missed it coming and going. ~
~ Time, the subtle thief of youth ~
~ Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is truth ~
~ Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life ~