Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take?

Inequalities of Fate very curious. Should like, on this account, to believe in Reincarnation.

Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will never really materialize?

People in England who do not like gardening are very few, and of the few there are, many do not own to it, knowing that they might just as well own to having been in prison, or got drunk at Buckingham Palace.

Always remember, me dear, whether you're listening to a tale or telling one: Every penny piece that's struck has two sides to it.

She is never alone when she has Her Books. Books, to her, are Friends. Give her Shakespeare or Jane Austen, Meredith or Hardy, and she is Lost - lost in a world of her own. She sleeps so little that most of her nights are spent reading.

Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.