Nature has only a single path and that path is run but once, and to each stage of existence has been allotted its own appropriate quality. So that the weakness of childhood, the impetuosity of youth, the seriousness of middle life, the maturity of old age - each bears some of Nature's fruit, which must be garnered in its own season. - Cicero quoting Cato the Elder on old age. De Senectute. Section 33.
Image: Sixth century Roman mosaic of a child with pet dog from the ruins of the Great palace in Constantinople courtesy of Grand Voyage Italy's wonderful article "Kids will be kids, even in ancient Rome: Roman Toys and Games"
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