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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.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
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 Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
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.
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.
One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some read more
One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one
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.
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he read more
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"