“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages”
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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages”
“Love is often the fruit of marriage ”
“Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner”
“Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it”
“Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake”
“Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer”
“The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits”
“The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married”
“It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment”
“Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face”
“Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children”
“A mother who is really a mother is never free”
“If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers”
“The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother”
“Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence”
“Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children”
“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves”
“Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could”
“Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage”
“All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter”