A. Clarke: A promise for parents trying to make the money stretch

Let the fruitful family, however poor, lay this to heart: "Children are a heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is his reward."  And he who gave them will feed them; for it is a fact, and the maxim formed on it has never failed: "Wherever God sends mouths he sends meat."  "Murmur not," said an Arab to his friend, "because thy family is large; know that it is for their sakes that God feeds thee."
- Christian Theology by Adam Clarke in the chapter "Parents and Children"