Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.
School is a foretaste of life.
I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.
I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.
It is useless to send armies against ideas.
My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.