“We are children of a large family, and must learn, as such children do, not to expect that our little hurts will be made much of - to be content with little nurture and caressing, and help each other the more.”

“We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.”

“Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.”

“Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others.”

“In our instinctive rebellion against pain, we are children again, and demand an active will to wreak our vengeance on.”

“Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people.”

“A toddling little girl is a center of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.”