Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Babe

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure.Tupper.

A babe is a mother’s anchor. She cannot swing far from her moorings.Beecher.

A babe is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase.French.

A bairn maun creep ere it gang.

At first babes feed on the mother’s bosom, but always on her heart.Beecher.

None of us like the crying of another person’s baby.Punch.

Too many nurses spoil the broth of a boy.Punch.

To the well-bred doctor all babies are angels.Punch.

Where God sends babies he sends penny loaves.