“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.

I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.