The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Part 55

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.