Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.

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

Men are what their mothers made them.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.