A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

The FAMILY that prays together stays together
The saying was invented by Al Scalpone, a professional commercial-writer, and was used as the slogan of the Roman Catholic Family Rosary Crusade by Father Patrick Peyton (P. Peyton, All for Her, 1967). The crusade began in 1942 and the slogan was apparently first broadcast on 6 Mar. 1947 during the radio programme Family Theater of the Air. The Crusade in Britain started in 1952, and the expression now has many (often humorous) variant forms.

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  1948 St. Joseph Mag. (Oregon) Apr. 3 ‘More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of’, and ‘The family that prays together stays together.’ Such religious themes are hardly what one would expect to hear propounded over the air waves of our modern radio. 1954 Parents’ Magazine Feb. 119 The family that plays together stays together. 1980 R. HILL Spy’s Wife xxi. The family that spies together, sties together. Old Cockney Russian proverb. 1996 Washington Post 15 Mar. B3 First, Mother Teresa opined on the divorce of Princess Di and Prince Charles. .. ‘The family that prays together stays together; and if you stay together, you will love one another with the same love with which God loves each one of us.’ 2001 Times 22 Dec. 19 History has forgotten Catherine Hogarth, as her husband [Charles Dickens] eventually did. Those who cook together stay together. Maybe because they cannot decide who should get the blender. "family
  

family see also ACCIDENTS will happen (in the best-regulated families).
far see BLUE are the hills that are far away; FAIR and softly goes far in a day; GOD is high above, and the tsar is far away; the MOUNTAINS are high, and the emperor is far away.
fare see GO further and fare worse.
FAR-FETCHED and dear-bought is good for ladies
Expensive or exotic articles are suitable for women.

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  c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 7 Ferre ifet and dere i-bowght is goode for ladys. 1583 B. MELBANCKE Philotimus 18 Pallas.. is.. hard to be found, but easy to be intreated, to be farre fetchte & deare boughte, but that we say is good for Ladies. 1616 JONSON Epicene V. 163 When his cates [delicacies] are all in brought, Though there be none far fet, there will dear-bought, Be fit for ladies. 1738 SWIFT Polite Conversation i. 60 But you know, far-fetch’d and dear-bought is fit for Ladies. I warrant, this cost your Father Two pence half-penny. 1876 I. BANKS Manchester Man III. x. ‘Where did these beautiful things come from?’.. ‘India.. They are “far-fetched and dear-bought”, and so must be good for you, my lady.’ "novelty; taste