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.

Men are what their mothers made them.

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

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

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

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

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

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.

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.

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.

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