All the boys were grown up and done for by this time; so it is scarcely worth while saying anything more about them. You may see the twins and Nibs and Curly any day going to an office, each carrying a little bag and an umbrella. Michael is an engine driver. Slightly married a lady of title, and so he became a lord. You see that judge in a wig coming out at the iron door? That used to be Tootles. The bearded man who doesn't know any story to tell his children was once John.

The last thing he ever said to me was, 'Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough.

The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era.

Always be kinder than necessary.

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.

Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.