Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.

The saying frames education as a form of long-term “provision”—not merely for employment or youth, but as preparation for the later stages of life. Read this way, learning equips a person with intellectual resources (judgment, perspective, habits of reflection) that remain usable when physical strength, social status, or external opportunities diminish. It also implies that the benefits of education compound over time: what is learned earlier becomes a reserve one can draw on in old age for practical decision-making, moral steadiness, and meaningful leisure. The metaphor of a “journey” emphasizes continuity across the lifespan and suggests that education is a durable kind of wealth.