The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought / Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day

by Alexander Francis Chamberlain

22. Parents' blessings can neither be drowned in water, nor consumed in fire.

23. Parents we can have but once.—Dr. Johnson.

24. Parents say: "Our boy is growing up." They forget his life is shortening.—Afghan.

25. Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life. —Chinese.

26. The bazaar knows neither father nor mother.—Turkish.

27. The crow says: "O my son, whiter than muslin."—Afghan.

28. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.—Bible.

29. The house of the childless is empty; and so is the heart of him that hath no wife.—Hitopadesa.

30. The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.—Bacon.

31. These are my jewels.—Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi).