Teach to the young, men's enduring truths, and let the learned amuse themselves with their passing errors.

This is, first and last, the real value of Christmas; in so far as the mythology remains at all it is a kind of happy mythology. Personally, of course, I believe in Santa Claus; but it is the season of forgiveness, and I will forgive others for not doing so.

There are two kinds of charlatan: the man who is called a charlatan, and the man who really is one. The first is the quack who cures you; the second is the highly qualified person who doesn't.

The central idea of poetry is the idea of guessing right, like a child.

There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.

humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle

A child's instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child's hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.