Young people used to shower thoughtful honors on the elderly, as if all the older men were shared by the young as their fathers. That is...

As gold and silver are not the natural products of Pennsylvania, we have no other hard money than what the produce of the country...

First of all, then, let him adopt a paternal attitude towards his pupils, and regard himself as taking the place of those whose children...

Dogma and theological questions never held my interest for long. In that respect I resembled my father, who, while he liked to read the...

The augur Quintus Mucius Scaevola used to recount a number of stories about his father-in-law Gaius Laelius, accurately remembered and...

Babe Ruth learned to hit while in an orphange:

In ancient Sparta:

The august body (Roman Senate) convened at the call of any major magistrate in the curia, or senate house, facing the forum. By a pleasant custom the members brought their sons with them to attend in silence, and to learn statesmanship and chicanery at first hand.

Raphael painted a Fresco that made him famous and attracted many young painters who wanted to learn from him:

“…at a banquet do not say how people ought to eat, but eat as a man ought.”

Xenophon on Disciple/Mentor: