“Thou hast nor youth nor age But as it were an after dinner sleepDreaming of both.”
“Ambition: it is the last infirmity of noble minds.”
“You making haste haste on decay...”
“To get a perfectly cut gemstone, the gemstone needs to experience friction and scrapes just as the youth needs to be shaped and scraped in his character in the right manner. This cutting process represents the rebuking and apt guidance that precedes growth in godly character. As this happens the gem is continually being refined and it will glow more splendidly just as the youth grows in godly, good character.”
“Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.”