Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

But please hug and kiss me, everyone, and don't mind my dress, I want a great many crumples of this sort put into it today.

So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.

I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.

…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love.

It takes two flints to make a fire.