Quotes from Henri Estienne

Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait [If youth but knew, if old age but could].

If youth but know, And old age only could.

Human life is a continuous thread which each of us spins to his own pattern, rich and complex in meaning. There are no natural knots in it. Yet knots form, nearly always in adolescence.

If youth knew; if age could.