People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.
A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.
The happy ending is our national belief.
Life for the European is a career; for the American it is a hazard.
The perennial wonder of Venice is to peer at herself in her canals and find that she exists-incredible as it seems. It is the same reassurance that a looking-glass offers us: the guarantee that we are real.
The desire to believe the best of people is a prerequisite for intercourse with strangers; suspicion is reserved for friends.