How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?

One of the most visible effects of a child's presence in the household is to turn the worthy parents into complete idiots when, without him, they would perhaps have remained mere imbeciles.

To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says.

All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck!

Here all mankind is equal: rich and poor alike, they love their children.

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

Oh, what a power is motherhood, possessing A potent spell. All women alike Fight fiercely for a child.

The new-come stepmother hates the children born to a first wife.

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's. He's more particular.