But the event proved otherwise, for as in youth will conquers every difficulty in the effort after fame, so it often happens that the years bring with them a certain heedlessness which causes men to go backwards instead of forwards, as was the case with Agnolo. "The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8)" by Giorgio Vasari

Suddenly she stopped and said, 'I have left my hat on the tower, ' and laughed merrily at her own heedlessness. "Aylwin" by Theodore Watts-Dunton