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If a child annoys you, quiet him by brushing his hair. If this doesn't work, use the other side of read more
If a child annoys you, quiet him by brushing his hair. If this doesn't work, use the other side of the brush on the other end of the child.
It is a wise child that knows his own father.
It is a wise child that knows his own father.
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new read more
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
Ah! what would the world be to us If the children were no more? We should dread the desert read more
Ah! what would the world be to us If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before.
Children are poor men's riches.
Children are poor men's riches.
The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.
The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.
A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.
