Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, read more

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of read more

A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and read more

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy.

A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy.

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and read more

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months read more

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.

There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.

There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.