No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving read more

No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at read more

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.

It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in read more

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

Birth is the beginning of death

Birth is the beginning of death

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not read more

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.