"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 most extraordinary, and at the same time a most natural, thing, that a man should be able to look back upon his life and see it as a whole."

"My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do to-day. Procrastination is the thief of time."

"I have no doubt that the mass of the working people of England are as yet, in their own country, an unknown territory to the educated classes."

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