Too young for woe, though not for tears.—Washington Irving.
O youth! thou often tearest thy wings against the thorns of voluptuousness.—Victor Hugo.
O youth! ephemeral song, eternal canticle! The world may end, the heavens fall, yet loving voices would still find an echo in the ruins of the universe.—Jules Janin.
The youthful freshness of a blameless heart.—Washington Irving.
The heart of youth is reached through the senses; the senses of age are reached through the heart.—Rétif de la Bretonne.
Agreeable surprises are the perquisites of youth.—Bulwer-Lytton.
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Zeal.—I like men who are temperate and moderate in everything. An excessive zeal for that which is good, though it may not be offensive to me, at all events raises my wonder, and leaves me in a difficulty how I should call it.—Montaigne.
In the ardor of pursuit men soon forget the goal from which they start.—Schiller.
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul.—Charles Buxton.