When I Was Young I Longed To

If We Didn't Want Anything, We Would Never Get Anything, Good Or Bad. I Think Our Longings Are Natural, And If We Act As Nature Prompts Us We Can't Go Far Wrong.

The More One Knows, The Luckier He Is, For Knowledge Is The Greatest Gift In Life.

Modern Education Includes Morality; Therefore The Modern Child Seeks Only Entertainment In Its Wonder-tales And Gladly Dispenses With All Disagreeable Incident.

I Can't Give You A Brain, But I Can Give You A Diploma.

Some Of My Youthful Readers Are Developing Wonderful Imaginations. This Pleases Me. When I Was Young I Longed To Write A Great Novel That Should Win Me Fame. Now That I Am Getting Old My First Book Is Written To Amuse Children. For Aside From My Evident Inability To Do Anything "great," I Have Learned To Regard Fame As A Will-o-the-wisp Which, When Caught, Is Not Worth The Possession; But To Please A Child Is A Sweet And Lovely Thing That Warms One's Heart And Brings Its Own Reward.