All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age.

Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To cast in it with Hyde was to die a thousand interests and aspirations.

And every day when I've been good, I get an orange after food.

A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation.

I have never seen the sea quiet round Treasure Island. The sun might blaze overhead, the air be without a breath, the surface smooth and blue, but still these great rollers would be running along all the external coast, thundering and thundering by day and night; and I scarce believe there is one spot in the island where a man would be out of earshot of their noise.