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

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

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.

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

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

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