“HE THAT HATH WIFE AND CHILDREN HATH GIVEN HOSTAGES TO FORTUNE;
FOR THEY ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO GREAT ENTERPRISES,
EITHER OF VIRTUE OR OF MISCHIEF...”
— Francis Bacon

“CHILDREN TODAY LAUGH AT FATHERS
WHO TELL THEM ABOUT DRAGONS...”
— Karl Kraus, Austrian writer

“SOME CHILDREN HAVE THE MOST DISAGREEABLE WAY
OF GETTING GROWN-UP...”
— Lewis Carroll

“CHILDREN ARE A POOR MAN'S RICHES...”
— English Proverb