Adversity is neither friend nor foe. It is a common acquaintance that is desired less and rewarded most when embraced.
Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.
Happiness is the ability to recognize it.
We should live and learn but by the time we've learned it's too late to live.
Of two evils choose the prettier.