Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

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

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.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

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

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy till they die!

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

I cannot bear a parent’s tears.

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

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

It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself… it seems unfair. You can’t assume the responsibility for everything you do—or don’t do.

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

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