“Nobody is going to let anybody's children play on something that is unsafe. There is just no way”

“When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty”

“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child”

“A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child”

“Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain”

“Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people”