A good father maketh good children, if wisdom be them within,
Such as of custom use it in youth, in age they will begin.
He that lacketh good manners is little set by;
Without virtue or good conditions, a man is not worth a fly.
Reverence father and mother (of duty), kind[[319]] doth thee bind;
Such children increaseth, and likely to recover virtue by kind.[[319]]
Against father and mother multiply no words, be you[[320]] sure;
It will be to thee laud and to thy friends joyful to hear.
A plant without moisture may not bring forth his flower;
If youth be void of virtue, in age he shall lack honour.