By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.  

The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.

He that raises a large family, does indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand…a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. 

God is our father, but even more is God our mother.

To be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.

It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

I cannot bear a parent’s tears.

Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.

The root of the kingdom is in the State. The root of the State is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its Head.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended—and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.