كلّ من له قيمة منّا يقضي رجولته في التخلّص من حماقات شبابه، أو في تكفير أخطائه.

“All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.”Percy Bysshe Shelley — Journal of a six weeks' tour. Letters from Geneva. Journal at Geneva: ghost stories, Journal: return to England. Letters from Italy (1840)