A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
A son is a son till he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life.
It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.
A father's goodness is higher than the mountain, a mother's goodness deeper than the sea.
The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.
It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.
A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.
A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
A father's words are like a thermostat that sets the temperature in the house.
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
A son is a son 'til he takes a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life.
A father is a banker provided by nature.
He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.