It is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.

To please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.

…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.

Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.

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

"In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child," says good old Santa Claus; and if he had his way the children would all be beautiful, for all would be happy.

Mortals seldom know how greatly they are influenced by fairies, knooks and ryls, who often put thoughts into their heads that only the wise little immortals could have conceived.