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| A debauched son of a noble family is a foul stream from a clear spring. | 1 |
| A good son is a good brother, good husband, good father, good kinsman, good friend, good neighbor and good citizen. Chinese. | 2 |
| A lame mule and a stupid son have to endure everything. Spanish. | 3 |
| Alas, for the son whose father goes to heaven. Portuguese. | 4 |
| A son pays his father’s debts, but a father will not recognize his son’s. Chinese. | 5 |
| A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Bible. | 6 |
| Even as the father was so will the son be. Scribleomania. | 7 |
| Good wombs have borne bad sons. Shakespeare. | 8 |
| He that brings up his son to nothing breeds a thief. | 9 |
| He to whom God gave no sons the devil gives nephews. Spanish. | 10 |
| He who picks up the staff of his father with respect will not beat his dog. Chinese. | 11 |
| His mother an onion, his father garlic, himself comes out conserve of roses. Turkish. | 12 |
| Leave your son a good reputation and employment. | 13 |
| Let a daughter be the care of her mother, but the education of the son should be the delight of the father. Pope. | 14 |
| Like father, like son. Portuguese. | 15 |
| She spins a good web that brings up her son well. Spanish. | 16 |
| The portrait of the father is but a picture to the stranger, to the son a book which points out his duties. Chinese. | 17 |
| The son disgraces himself when he blames his father. Chinese. | 18 |
| The son that yawns at his father’s oft repeated stories will weep little at his death. Chinese. | 19 |
| The tardy son reaps not with his father. Modern Greek. | 20 |
| The ungrateful son is a wart on his father’s face; to leave it is a blemish, to cut it off is pain. Afghan. | 21 |
| To your son give a good name and a trade. Spanish. | 22 |
| Uprightness is the aliment of filial piety. Chinese. | 23 |
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow,
Our wiser sons will think us so. Pope. | 24 |
| Who has no son has no satisfaction. Sri Lankan. | 25 |
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