Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.
Mothers can forgive anything!
I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
…she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star.