Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, read more

Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreaths
Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets
Cyrano Act 5.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common read more

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended--and not to take a read more

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended--and not to take a kint when a hint isn't intended.

A father in a canoe
in which his baby is seated
walks more carefully than on land.

A father in a canoe
in which his baby is seated
walks more carefully than on land.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, read more

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion read more

If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions.