“England and America are two countries separated by the same language”

“The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children”

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family”

“It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family”

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts”

“Marrying means doing whatever possible to become repulsed of each other ”