Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household.

To know what should be going on in a household: spend a few minutes with the wife, or, the husband. To know what’s really going on: spend a few minutes with their kid(s).

It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.

I cohabited for 20 years with my longtime husband and father of my two now-teen daughters in a stable family household.

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life, than on the nature of those events themselves.