"All of us wish we had an Alice. I wish I had an Alice."

"Optimism is cowardice."

"In whose hands shall the administration and the Empire of India rest? Now, suppose that all English, and th…"

"If naturalists go to heaven , I hope that I will be furnished with a troop of kakapo to amuse me in the eve…"

"For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms, and did my duty faithfully, tho…"

"Do I want you to talk to me, old friend? Do I need your reminders, your wry confirmation that faith is for …"

"A person without hope is doomed to failure, and one of the great gifts God has given us is the gift of fait…"