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

Boy

A hober-de-hoy, half a man and half a boy.

As the boy so the man.German.

Boys avoid the bees that stung ’em.

Boys will be boys.

Boys will be men.

De boy what thinks his father a fool will arter awhile complain of de roughness ob de fare in de penitentiary.African American.

He’s an ill boy that goes like a top only while he’s whipped.

If you play with boys you must take boy’s play.

Let nothing offensive to eye or ear be seen or heard under a roof where a boy resides.Latin.

Of all the plagues none can compare with climbing boys.

Once a man, twice a boy.Latin.

One boy is better than three girls.German.

School-boys are the most remarkable people in the world, they care not how little they have for their money.

When the boy is growing he has a wolf in his belly.German.