“A child needs your love most when he deserves it least”

“Loyalty is weird, it kicks in when you dont expect it and the people who deserve loyalty least seem to get it the most.”

“Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.”

“A child should always say what's true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able.”

“You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s. He’s more particular…. The father is always a Republican towards his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat.”

“Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.”

“The first child is also loved, when he is still the only child and there is the absence of someone who can take his place.”

“Often a man can play the helpless child in front of a woman, but he can almost never bring it off when he feels most like a helpless child.”

“When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: A stodgy parent is not fun at all! What a child wants - and DESERVES - is a parent who is SPARKY!”

“It’s easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child–at least till you try to get him to do something.”