119. Rule youth well, for eild will rule itself.—Scotch.
120. Salt and bread make the cheeks red.—German.
121. Seven nurses cost the child an eye.—Russian.
122. Small birds [i.e. children] must have meat.
123. Sores are not to be shown to flies, and children are not to be taught to lie.—Malay.
124. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
125. Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom, and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.—Mahomet.
126. Tenez la bride haute à votre fils. [Keep a tight rein over your son.]—French.
127. That's the piece a step-bairn never gat.—Scotch.
128. The bairn speaks in the field what he hears at the fireside. —Scotch.