A boy has two jobs. One is just being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man.

Nothing is more dependable than a child's digestive juices.

Who takes the child by the hand, takes the mother by the heart.

Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

The best teacher of children ... is one who is essentially childlike.

Call not that man wretched, who, whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Children pick up words as pigeons peas And utter them again as God shall please.

Treat your neighbors' children as your own.

What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.

The lost child cries, but still he catches fireflies.

There are no illegitimate children-only illegitimate parents.

Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.

A son is like a lopped off branch. As a falcon he comes when he wills and goes where he lists.

Giving away baby clothes and nursery furniture is a major cause of pregnancy.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

The reason most people have kids is because they get pregnant.

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy.