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.
You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family.
Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.
Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon friendship.
Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.
Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police officers have in just being on the streets.
I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
Anyone who really studies Catholicism deeply is aware of the mystical nature of our faith. Even references to Christ's mystical body has connections to that principle.
Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.
You can't ignore the reality that faith and family, those two things are integral parts of having limited government, lower taxes, and free societies.
I believe in faith, family and country. I really keep it that simple.
I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism.
It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.
