Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth

Wouldn't it be nice if roses could talk? I'm sure they could tell us such lovely things.

Steal not this book for fear of shame For on it is the owners name And when you die the Lord will say Where is the book you stole away And when you say you do not know The Lord will say go down below.

That is one consolation when you are poor—there are so many more things you can imagine about.

Jane's stories are extremely sensible. Then Diana puts too many murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them.

I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape. 'The very idea of your being scared of those cows,' scoffed Davy. 'Why, they're both younger than you.

Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.