He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.

Taylor warns that neglecting or withholding love from one’s closest family does not create a neutral household; it cultivates something dangerous and self-destructive. The image of “feeding a lioness at home” suggests that coldness, resentment, and hostility grow stronger when sustained within the domestic sphere, turning the home into a place of threat rather than refuge. “Broods a nest of sorrows” extends the metaphor: unloving behavior incubates future grief—alienation, conflict, and moral damage—that will multiply over time. The saying reflects Taylor’s broader moral theology, in which household affections are duties with spiritual and social consequences, not merely private feelings.