“As I slowly grow wise I briskly grow cautious.”

“What shelter to grow ripe is ours?
What leisure to grow wise?”

“Slowly losing friends is a part of growing up.”

“No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”

“No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”

“Substitute wisely, grow steadily and be free.”

“I'm growing fonder of my staff;
I'm growing dimmer in the eyes;
I'm growing fainter in my laugh;
I'm growing deeper in my sighs;
I'm growing careless of my dress;
I'm growing frugal of my gold;
I'm growing wise; I'm growing — yes, —
I'm growing old!”

“Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.”

“Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise — even in their own field.”

“Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up.”