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- When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. — William Shakespeare
- Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him. — George Bernard Shaw
- The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. — Voltaire
- On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey. — Karl Philipp Moritz
- The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it. — Karl Philipp Moritz
- It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are. — Karl Philipp Moritz