I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

Being gifted needs courage.

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.

It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance.