There are two kinds of taste in the appreciation of imaginative literature: the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.

There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Republic of letters.

An understanding heart is everything is a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.