No Queen with a frozen heart is fit to rule any country.

…and the next moment all of them were filled with wonder. For they saw, standing in just the spot the screen had hidden, a little old man, with a bald head and a wrinkled face, who seemed to be as much surprised as they were.

One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition.

Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders.

When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.

Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it. The great general is only terrible to the enemy; the great poet is frequently scolded by his wife; the children of the great statesman clamber about his knees with perfect trust and impunity; the great actor who is called before the curtain by admiring audiences is often waylaid at the stage door by his creditors.

Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it.