Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.
My age I will not once lament, / But sing, my time so near is spent.
My hope and treasure lies above
Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.
I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits.
Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending; a negligent youth is usually attended by an ignorant middle age, and both by an empty old age.