“An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.”

“Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.”

“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. ”

“Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together”

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

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