Were I asked, what is a fairytale? I should reply, Read Undine: that is a fairytale.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

A man must learn to love his children, not because they are his, but because they are children, else his love will be scarcely a better thing at last than the party-spirit of the faithful politician.

To judge religion we must have it--not stare at it from the bottom of a seemingly interminable ladder.

No story ever really ends, and I think I know why.

In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.

Alas! this time is never the time for self-denial, it is always the next time. Abstinence is so much more pleasant to contemplate upon the other side of indulgence.