It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.
A boy has a natural genius for combining business with pleasure.
A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.
To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.
What small potatoes we all are, compared with what we might be!
Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.