“A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child”

“The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty as the son who neglects them”

“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child”

“An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife”

“Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain”

“Nobody is going to let anybody's children play on something that is unsafe. There is just no way”