1、The fundamental defect of fathers,in our competitive society,is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
在我们这个竞争激烈的社会上，父亲们根本的缺点是他们总想要自己的孩子给自己脸上增光。
2、Philosophers and politicians hava agreed that the bonding together in family groups is both instinctive and necessary to human welfare --and therefore essential to the health of a society.The family is the microcosm.
哲学家和政客们都一致同意，家庭对于人类既是天性，也是必须——也因而对整个社会的健康运行影响重大。家庭是一个社会的缩影。
3、One would be in less danger,From the wiles of a stranger.If one’s own kin and kith,Were more fun to be with.
如果一个人的亲朋好友是他喜爱的伴侣，那么这个人就更容易远离陌生人的诡计。
4、The hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.
推动摇篮的手就是支配着世界的手。
5、Children begin by loving their parents;after a time they judge them;rately,if ever,do they forgive them.
孩子们在一开始爱他们的父母，之后就开始指责他们，但极少数人会原谅他们。
6、A child is not a vase to be filled,but a fire to be lit.
孩子们不是等待被填满的花瓶，而是等待被点燃的火焰。
7、Generations pass while some trees stand,and old families last not three oaks.
几代人都去世了，但一些大树还活着，古老的显赫家族寿命也不会长过三颗橡树。
8、My father was frightened to his mother;I was frightened of my father,and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.
我的父亲很害怕他的母亲，我很害怕我的父亲，我一定会让我的孩子也害怕我。
9、The affection you get back from children is sixpence give as change for a sovereign.
孩子回报给父母的感情，就像用6个便士换来一个国家一样。
10、A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.
对父母的过于依赖会毁掉一切才能。
