"Who loves his wife as himself and respects her more than himself, who guides his sons and daughters in the straight path and weds them timely, of him it is said: [Job (Iyov) 5:24] “You shall know that your tent is safe.” " ~~ Talmud, Yevamot
"Teach a child good manners during babyhood." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"If an orphan boy and an orphan girl need support, or apply for a marriage grant, the girl is cared for first. The boy may beg, but not the girl. " ~~ Tosefta: Ketubot
"Drunk but not of wine—that is a man in his youth." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Don’t threaten a child: either punish him or forgive him." ~~ Talmud
"For children, we tear the world apart." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim
"In disputes between parents and children, the children always get the upper hand." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time." ~~ Traditional Proverb
"The hearts of the parents will return though their children." ~~ Malachi 3:24
"A childless man is as good as dead." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim
"The sons of sages are not always sages—so that no one can think Torah is inherited, and so that the sages’ sons do not hold themselves superior to others." ~~ (adapted from) Sayings of the Fathers 2:12
"My mother loved children — she would have given anything if I had been one. " ~~ Groucho Marx
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