Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.
All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.
The young people were playing that still more absorbing game in which hearts are always trumps.
But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters.
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.
I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.
I hate ordinary people!
I’m afraid I couldn’t like him without a spice of human naughtiness.
The dirt is picturesque, so I don’t mind.
So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn’t always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.
Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.
It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.
Dear me! how happy and good we’d be, if we had no worries!
The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed.
I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day.
Many argue; not many converse.
She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.
Be worthy love, and love will come.