“These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats.” HomeAgeNightStudyYouthComfortAdversityProsperityPleasantRefugeRetreatConsolationAccompanyAccompany Us Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“In my youth, poverty enriched me, but now I can afford wealth.” I CanWealthPovertyYouthAdversityProsperity Author:Marc Chagall
“...And these vicissitudes come best in youth; For when they happen at a riper age, People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth, And wonder Providence is not more sage. Adversity is the first path to truth: He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage, Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty, Has won experience which is deem'd so weighty.” PeopleFirstsWarHappensTruthAgeWonderPathFateYouthAdversityBlameWinterStormRageProvidenceSageEightyEighteenVicissitudes Book:DON JUAN Source: DON JUAN
“Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation to grace in the soul.” SoulAgeGraceYouthComfortAdversityProsperityDelightOld AgeRefugeOrnamentsProvocation Author:Saint Augustine
“Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.” AgeMemoriesYouthAdversityProsperityDelightOld AgeTemper Author:Lactantius
“There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.” PeopleHardYoungPoorPathGroupsYouthHard WorkWalkingMembersAdversityObstaclesCuresPreparationMinoritiesMinority Groups Author:Barbara Jordan