A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.

We've had bad luck with our kids--they've all grown up.

We've had bad luck with our kids--they've all grown up.

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.

Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.

Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.

Children have more need of models than of critics.

Children have more need of models than of critics.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.

Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll read more

I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.