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75. G.o.d watches over little children and drunkards.--_Russian_.
76. Gude bairns are eith [easy] to lear [teach].--_Scotch_.
77. Happy is he that is happy in his children.
78. He who sends mouths will send meat.
79. Heimerzogen Kind ist bei den Leuten wie ein Rind. [A home-bred child acts like a cow.]--_German_.
80. He that's born to be hanged will never be drowned.
81. He that is born under a tippeny [two-penny] planet will ne'er be worth a groat.--_Scotch_.
82. I cuori fanciulli non veston a bruno. [A child's heart puts on no mourning.]--_Zendrini._
83. If our child squints, our neighbour's has a cast in both eyes.
84. Ill bairns are best heard at hame.--_Scotch._
85. It is the squalling child that gets the milk.--_Turkish._
86. Je lieberes Kind, je scharfere Rute. [The dearer the child, the sharper the rod.]--_German._
87. Kinder hat man, Kinder kriegt man. [Children bring children.]--_German._
88. Kinder kommen von Herzen und gehen zu Herzen. [Children come from the heart, and go to the heart.]--_German._
89. Kinder und Bienstocke nehmen bald ab bald zu. [Children and bee-hives now decrease, now increase.]--_German._
90. Kind's hand is ball fullt, Kind's zurn is ball stillt.
[A child's hand is soon filled, A child's anger is soon stilled.]--_Low German._
91. Late children are early orphans.--_Spanish._
92. Les enfants sont ce qu'on les fait. [Children are what we make them.]--_French._
93. Let thy child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.--_Franklin._
94. Liebe Kinder haben viele Namen. [Dear children have many names.]--_German._
95. Lieber ungezogene, als verzogene Kinder. [Better unbred children than ill-bred ones.]--_German._
96. Like the wife wi' the mony daughters, the best comes hindmost.--_Scotch._
97. Little pitchers have big ears.
98. Little ones are taught to be proud of their clothes before they can put them on.--_LocJce._
99. Lutze potten hebben ok oren [i.e. little children have ears].--_Low German._
100. Man is wholly man only when he plays.--_Schiller._
101. Maxima debetur pueris reverentia. [The greatest respect is due to boys (youth).]--_Juvenal._
102. Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.--_William Penn._
103. Mony a ane kisses the bairn for love of the nurice.--_Scotch._
104. More children, more luck.--_German._
105. Nessuno nasce maestro. [No one is born master.]--_Italian._
106. 'N G.o.d Kind, wen't slopt. [A good child, when it sleeps.]
--_Frisian._
107. O banish the tears of children! Continual rains upon the blossoms are hurtful.--_Jean Paul._
108. O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori. [Oh, beauteous boy, trust not too much to thy rosy cheeks.]--_Virgil._
109. Of bairns' gifts ne'er be fain, Nae sooner they give but they seek them again.--_Scotch._
110. One chick keeps a hen busy.
111. Our young men are terribly alike.--_Alex. Smith._
112. Pars minima est ipsa puella sui. [The girl herself is the smallest part of herself.]--_Ovid._
113. Parvum parva decent. [Small things become the small.]
--_Horace._
114. Play is the first poetry of the human being.--_Jean Paul._
115. Qui aime bien, chatie bien. [Who loves well chastises well.]--_French._
116. Qui parcit virgae odit filium. [Who spareth the rod hateth his child.]--_Latin._
117. Reckless youth maks ruefu' eild [age].--_Scotch._
118. Royet [wild] lads may make sober men.--_Scotch._
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.
