A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
He that raises a large family does indeed while he lives to observe them stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can only be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. Justice requires that we carefully weigh rights and privileges and assure that each member of a community receives his due share. Love does not weigh rights and privileges too carefully because it prompts each to bear the burden of the other.
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl no superior alternative has yet been found.
One would be in less danger From the wiles of the stranger If one?s own kin and kith Were more fun to be with.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish – very gently.
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton you may as well make it dance.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
The family is the association established by nature for the supply of mans everyday wants.
You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families arent dying. Theyre merging into big conglomerates.
When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
Happiness is having a large loving caring close-knit family in another city.
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
He that raises a large family does indeed while he lives to observe them stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
If Mr. Selwyn calls again show him up; if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him; and if I am dead he would like to see me.
Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.
As the family goes so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.
No matter how many communes anybody invents the family always creeps back.
Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can only be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. Justice requires that we carefully weigh rights and privileges and assure that each member of a community receives his due share. Love does not weigh rights and privileges too carefully because it prompts each to bear the burden of the other.
The family is one of nature?s masterpieces.
Other things may change us but we start and end with family.