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

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

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

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

In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.

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

One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.

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

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

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 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.

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.