ونحن في شبابنا نكدّ عبيداً في تحصيل ما نعيش به في راحة حين نشيخ، وحين نشيخ ندرك أنّ الأوان قد فات لنعيش كما كنّا نخطّط.

“When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.”Alexander Pope — The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks (1824)