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

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

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

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

I cannot bear a parent’s tears.

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

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

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

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.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

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