The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and the wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these

Man is young as long as he can repeat his emotions; woman, as long as she can inspire them

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants

All natural goods perish. Riches take wings fame is a breath love is a cheat youth and health and pleasure vanish

If you're not beguiling by age 12, forget it

We are missing something. Our youth today is empty. No longer do the children dream and believe they can change the world. Apathy has destroyed the beautiful idealism of our youth. The intricate illusions and fearless aspirations. The gleam in a child's eye. God help us. All hope is truly lost