The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.

A boy of to-day is affected by every change of tone and gust of opinion, so that he lies even when he desires to speak the truth.

You must learn to forgive a man when he's in love. He's always a nuisance.

And what should they know of England who only England know?

Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established.

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.