"They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

"On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows"

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom"

"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles"

"Nature and wisdom never are at strife"

"Silence does not always mark wisdom"

"A loving heart is the truest wisdom"

"Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom"