“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
“Only to two or three persons in all the world are the reminiscences of a man's early youth interesting: to the parent who nursed him; to the fond wife or child mayhap afterwards who loves him; to himself always and supremely--whatever may be his actual prosperity or ill fortune, his present age, illness, difficulties, renown, or disappointments--the dawn of his life still shines brightly for him, the early griefs and delights and attachments remain with him ever faithful and dear.” MenWorldMayChildrenPersonsStillsTwoAgeThreeParentInterestingGriefWifeChildhoodYouthDifficultyShiningFortuneDearIllIllnessDisappointmentProsperityDelightDawnFaithfulAttachmentRenown Author:William Makepeace Thackeray
“The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.” MayCharacterLife IsStepsVirtueYouthProveImportanceProsperityAcquireUsefulnessFuture Prosperity Author:Abigail Adams
“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
“To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.” MenSometimesHandsSuccessYoungOpportunityWealthPoorHonestyYouthElementsProsperityYoung ManStrongestHonorableCompetenceTainted Author:Orison Swett Marden