Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse.

Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.

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.

The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.

The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.

Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know. 

I cannot bear a parent’s tears.

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.

In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them. 

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

Men are what their mothers made them.