“Familiarity breeds contempt and children.”

“Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.”

“Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children at birth. Children in the cradle. School children. Youths and maidens. Fresh adults. Older ones. Men and women of 40. Of 50. Of 60. Of 70. Of 80. Of 100. The command does not distribute its burden equally, and cannot. It is not hard upon the three sets of children.”

“I think the Cincinnati Enquirer must be edited by children.”

“The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.”

“The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it.”

“Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either occasion.”