And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old;and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely. Natures that have much heat, and great and violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for action, till they have passed the meridian of their years;as it was with Julius Caesar and Septimius Severus……
Young men are fitter to invent, than to judge;fitter for execution, than for counsel;and fitter for new projects, than for settled business. For the experience of age, in things that fall within the compass of it, directeth them;but in new things, abuseth them.