No fear of forgetting the good-humoured faces that meet us in our walks each day.

Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one's age.

I have had a great misfortune; my dear old dog is dead.

I have discovered that our great favourite, Miss Austen, is my countrywoman...with whom mamma before her marriage was acquainted. Mamma says that she was then the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly she ever remembers...

I do not think very highly of Madame D'Arblay's books. The style is so strutting. She does so stalk about on Dr. Johnson's old stilts.

Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent.

I prepare myself for all disappointments by expecting nothing.