It is hard to believe long together that anything is "worth while," unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.

It is hard to believe long together that anything is "worth while," unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.

Childhood is only the beautiful and happy time in contemplation and retrospect: to the child it is full of deep sorrows, the meaning of which is unknown.

In Rome it seems as if there were so many things which are more wanted in the world than pictures.

Correct English is the slang of prigs.

The best travel is that which one can take by one's own fireside. In memory or imagination.

Appearances have very little to do with happiness.