~ Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe. ~
~ A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. ~
~ The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light. ~
~ No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl's heart. ~
~ The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed. ~
~ A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult. ~
~ Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something. ~
~ One boy is worth half a man Two boys are worth half a boy Three boys are no help at all. ~
~ I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ~
~ Boys and young men acquire readily the moral sentiments of their social milieu, whatever these sentiments may be. ~
~ Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls. ~
~ A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim. ~