It is good for a man to bear a yoke in his youth
A person should be educated to responsibility and to carrying out responsible acts from his youth.
("It is good for a man to bear a yoke in his youth" — Lamentations 3:27; and similarly: "It is good for a man to bear a yoke in his youth": the yoke of Torah, the yoke of a wife, the yoke of labor" — Lamentations Rabbah 3)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
טוֹב לַגֶּבֶר כִּי יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
יֵשׁ לְחַנֵּךְ אֶת הָאָדָם לְאַחְרָיוּת וּבִיצּוּעַ מַעֲשִׂים אַחְרָאִיִּים כְּבָר בִּנְעוּרָיו.
(" טוֹב לַגֶּבֶר כִּי יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָיו"- אֵיכָה ג כז, וְכֵן:"טוֹב לַגֶּבֶר כִּי יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָיו "עֹל תּוֹרָה, עֹל אִשָּׁה, עֹל מְלָאכָה"- אֵיכָה רַבָּה ג)