Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.

Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie.

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

And she never could remember; and ever since that day what Lucy means by a good story is a story which reminds her of the forgotten story in the Magician's Book.

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

If one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business.

If you haven't met Satan recently, you are probably going his way!