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

I cannot bear a parent’s tears.

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.

Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.

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

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

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

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

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.  

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.

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