The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I
no longer belong to it.

The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I
no longer belong to it.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.

Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new read more

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable

Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable

Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what
it hopes, not by what read more

Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what
it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.

Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.

Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.

Don't waste your youth growing up.

Don't waste your youth growing up.

Her years
Were ripe, they might make six-and-twenty springs;
But there are forms which Time to touch read more

Her years
Were ripe, they might make six-and-twenty springs;
But there are forms which Time to touch forbears.
And turns aside his scythe to vulgar things.