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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy-- the mother.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy-- the mother.
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your read more
You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this read more
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.
There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart.
There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart.
You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was really made from his read more
You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was really made from his funny bone.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
The man that blushes is not quite a brute.