Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy tale.

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.

Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them: so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the writer meant.

You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk.

That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lesson from day to day.

But then, shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way -- never to be an old woman -- but then -- always to have lessons to learn!