“Would Time but await the close of our favorite follies, we should all be young men, all of us, and until Doom's Day.”— Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Wakefield" (1835), Twice-Told TalesShare
“It is perilous to make a chasm in human affections; not that they gape so long and wide—but so quickly close again!”— Nathaniel HawthorneShare
“The young have less charity for aged follies than the old for those of youth.”— Nathaniel HawthorneShare
“The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations.”— AristotleShare
“The long, dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather.”— C.S. LewisShare
“My hair is grey, but not with years, nor grew it white in a single night, as men's have grown from sudden fears.”— Lord ByronShare
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.”— Mary OliverShare
“It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.”— Louisa May AlcottShare
“Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given, For happy spirits to alight, Betwixt the earth and heaven.”— Thomas CampbellShare
