Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.

What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.

The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself. I was a child then, I had no idea what the world would be like. I wished to trust myself on the waters and the sea. Everything was romantic in my imagination. The woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.