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. 

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

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

It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.

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

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

A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family—and, often, is all that remains of it.

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

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

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

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.