Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few.

Every child's birthright is a happy home.

On the day long after childhood when I suddenly heard of his death, the sky grew dark above my head. I was walking on a Southern highway, and a friend driving in a pony carriage passed me, stopped and said, "Have you heard that Charles Dickens is dead?" It was as if I had been robbed of one of my dearest friends.

A letter is the most imperishable thing on earth.

Theres nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.

Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.

Love is like fire, a dangerous thing to play with, although the best of friends and the most loyal of servants when rightly handled.