A little bench of heedless bishops here, And there a chancellor in embryo.

Some men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice: whereas a child can clench its fist the moment it is born.

Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblems right meet of decency does yield.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are shewing you the grounds of it.

Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy.

To be a child is something one learns, as one learns the names of rivers or the kings of France. Childhood, for a child, is a sort of falseness, woodenness, st…

When you say to a child 'Bedtime, it's bedtime now' that's not what the child hears. What the child hears is 'Go and lie down in the dark... for hours... and d…