“A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time. ”
“Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories of a life lived, or a young man's lost memories of the life he meant to live?”
“Time has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it.”
“Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old...- Wang Lung”
“Time is the ultimate democracy. Rich and poor, young and old, male and female: all have 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week.”
“A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul.”