The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Quote by John Dryden

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Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the...

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the...

She's jealous because she's afraid you'll find someone prettier, smarter, taller, skinnier, calmer, stronger, and...

She's jealous because she's afraid you'll find someone prettier, smarter, taller, skinnier, calmer, stronger, and...