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

Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

I cannot bear a parent’s tears.

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

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