Quote#Children
Bestow therefore thy youth so, that thou mayest have comfort to…
Quote byWalter Raleigh · 1552–1618
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Instructions to his Son and to Posterity (published 1632), Chapter II.
English (original)
Bestow therefore thy youth so, that thou mayest have comfort to remember it when it hath forsaken thee, and not sigh and grieve at the account thereof.
— Walter Raleigh
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