Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.

IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

Making a choice is like backing a horse - in a hundred years, they may decide you picked wrongly.

Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.

When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not look as though he were destined to remain long on board ship!

Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped — to reach it. For so, surely you will cast a light of gladness upon his onward journey, and contribute your part towards the building of that kingdom of love which links our earth to heaven.

I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.