I should like the whole race of nurses to be abolished: children should be with their mother as much as possible, in my opinion.
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!
I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read!
Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.
Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die.
Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
One can’t believe impossible things.
Of all things, I do like a Conspiracy! It’s so interesting!
I don’t see how he can ever finish, if he doesn’t begin.
This was charming, no doubt; but they shortly found out That the Captain they trusted so well Had only one notion for crossing the ocean, And that was to tingle his bell.
For first you write a sentence, And then you chop it small; Then mix the bits and sort them out Just as they chance to fall: The order of the phrases makes no difference at all.
You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you’ll have to run much faster.
Yet what are all such gaieties to me whose thoughts are full of indices and surds?
I’m getting rather hoarse, I fear, After so much reciting: So, if you don’t object, my dear, We’ll try a glass of bitter beer – I think it looks inviting.
She’s in that state of mind that she wants to deny something -only she doesn’t know what to deny!
So young a child ought to know which way she’s going, even if she doesn’t know her own name!
Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife – what’s the answer to that?
Child of the pure, unclouded brow and dreaming eyes of wonder.
They’ve a temper, some of them – particularly verbs, they’re the proudest – adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs...