“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men”

“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”

“If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers”

“How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted”