Happy the youth that finds the bride
Whose birth is to his own allied,
The sweetest joy of life:
But oh, the crowds of wretched souls
Fetter'd to minds of different moulds
And chain'd t' eternal strife!
--_Dr. Isaac Watts._
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In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for
every one we lose.
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What is youth?--a dancing billow,
Winds behind, and rocks before!
--_Wordsworth._
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You youngsters nowadays think you're to begin with living well, and
working easy: you've no notion of running afoot before you get on
horseback.
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Heavy work in youth is sweet repose in old age.
--_From the Italian._
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_Excessive Zeal._--An Indian, having heard from a white man some
strictures on zeal, replied--"I don't know about having too much zeal;
but I think it is better the pot should _boil over than_ not boil at
all."
--_Macleod._