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- Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. — Oscar Wilde
- Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child. — Plato
- Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. — Jean de la Bruyere
- I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell. — J. B. Priestley
- To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. — J. B. Priestley
- Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile. — J. B. Priestley