Lifelong Learning

quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur, et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur, tamen, ut opinor, hanc animi remissionem humanissimam ac liberalissimam iudicaretis. nam ceterae neque temporum sunt neque aetatum omnium neque locorum; at haec studia adulescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solacium praebent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.

Even if there there were no great profit to be made out, and even if it were pleasure alone that was sought from these studies, I still believe that you should consider them a most refined and most liberal vacation for the mind. For other pursuits are unsuited for every time, age or place; but these studies nourish youth and entertain old age, augment prosperity, provide a refuge and solace in adversity, offer entertainment at home without impeding public life, they are with us at night, when we are abroad or in the countryside.

Cicero, Pro Archia, 16. My Translation.