Everything Has To Come To An End,

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.

Everything In Life Is Unusual Until You Become Accustomed To It.

…and The Next Moment All Of Them Were Filled With Wonder. For They Saw, Standing In Just The Spot The Screen Had Hidden, A Little Old Man, With A Bald Head And A Wrinkled Face, Who Seemed To Be As Much Surprised As They Were.

To Please A Child Is A Sweet And Lovely Thing That Warms One's Heart And Brings Its Own Reward.

For I Consider Brains Far Superior To Money In Every Way. You May Have Noticed That If One Has Money Without Brains, He Cannot Use It To His Advantage; But If One Has Brains Without Money, They Will Enable Him To Live Comfortably To The End Of His Days.