The violin - that most human of all instruments.

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her.

Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.

The young people were playing that still more absorbing game in which hearts are always trumps.

There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.

Men are often bad, but babies never are.