... they know little of the passions who seek to argue with that most intractable of them all, the fear that is born of love.

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

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

The slightest emotion of disinterested kindness that passes through the mind improves and refreshes that mind, producing generous thought and noble feeling, as the sun and rain foster your favourite flowers. Cherish kind wishes, my children; for a time may come when you may be enabled to put them in practice.

[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] ... for finish, and melody of versification, there is nothing approaching to Miss Barrett in this day, or in any other - also for diction. Her words paint.

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

... they know little of the passions who seek to argue with that most intractable of them all, the fear that is born of love.