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.

It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.

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.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.

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

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

My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.

Family! Thou art the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.

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