I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.

I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness.

We're twins, and so we love each other more than other people.

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

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.

It is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in the most neglected person.