One could mention many lovable traits in Smee. For instance, after killing, it was his spectacles he wiped instead of his weapon.

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

Can anything harm us, mother, after the night-lights are lit?" Nothing, precious," she said; "they are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard her children.

i know i'm not clever but i'm always right.

And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to see if her husband was asleep, all the beds were occupied. The children waited for her cry of joy, but it did not come. She saw them, but she did not believe they were there. You see, she saw them in their beds so often in her dreams that she thought this was just the dream hanging around her still.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

asleep to rummage in their minds