Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.

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

“I wasn't yawning, I was just letting some fresh air into my mouth.” (After being accused of being tired.)