Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released – to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world’s wrong the greatest of all.

Father eternal, ruler of creation, Spirit of life, which moved ere form was made Through the thick darkness covering every nation Light to man’s blindness, O be Thou our aid.

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.

If fathers were to be mothers, then there will never have a family of more than three.

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive.

Father eternal, ruler of creation, Spirit of life, which moved ere form was made Through the thick darkness covering every nation Light to man's blindness, O be Thou our aid.

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.

Though while at South Kensington I took a few prizes in the National Competition, I did not get near to having a style of my own.

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a family of seven. He was an ugly child, and remained ugly till his eighteenth year, when his looks gradually improved.