A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother’s love. – Thomas C. Haliburton

A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. – Peter De Vries

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort. – John Lancaster Spalding