“Don't ask me how I am! I understand nothing more!”

“The naive was only a part of my fairy tales; humour was the real salt in them.”

“I have shed pewter tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me go to the wars and lose arms and legs! It would at least be a change. I cannot bear it longer! Now, I know what it is to have a visit from one's old thoughts, with what they may bring with them! I have had a visit from mine, and you may be sure it is no pleasant thing in the end; I was at last about to jump down from the drawers.”

“The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.”

“Happy domestic life is like a beautiful summer's evening; the heart is filled with peace; and everything around derives a peculiar glory.”

“In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales Of woeful ages, long ago betid”

“This act is an ancient tale new told;And, in the last repeating, troublesome,Being urged at a time unseasonable.”

“For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.”