Woman absent is woman dead.

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

If you want to look at the state of humans, you should look at the state of animals first. People are choosing whether or not they can feed an animal and their family. And every shelter coast-to-coast is stuffed.

When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.

Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family.

Many of the network television shows have done takeoffs on 'Family Circus,' including 'David Letterman,' 'Friends,' 'Roseanne,' and others, and, in my estimation the use of them is a compliment to the popularity of the feature, which just by mentioning it's name sets up the image of a warm, loving family-type feature.