William Shakespeare - “It is a wise father that knows his own child.”

William Shakespeare - A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.

George Sand - Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

William Shakespeare - Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.

Charles Kettering - Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.

Nelson Mandela - No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

Cesare Pavese - He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

William Shakespeare - Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love

Ben Jonson - He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

William Shakespeare - If music be the food of love, play on.

William Blake - No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

William Shakespeare - Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak Whispers the o’re-fraught heart, and bids it break.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - “A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.”

William Shakespeare - And though she be but little, she is fierce.

Susie Bright - I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.

William Shakespeare - The best of happiness, honour and fortune keep with you.