Young Lad

Famous quotes containing the words young lad, young and/or lad:

“There was a young lady called Maud,
A sort of society fraud.
In the parlor, ‘tis told,
She was distant and cold,
But on the verandah, my Gawd!”
—Anonymous.

“I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on a young soul to which they are totally unfit. Cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make that man another you. One’s enough.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Halt by the headstone naming
The heart no longer stirred,
And say the lad that loved you
Was one that kept his word.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)