"Fairies are very shy creatures and prefer to keep themselves hidden from human eyes"

"If you look very carefully, you may see a fairy in your garden"

"The world of fairies is all around us, though we seldom notice it"

"Fairies, elves, mermaids and water-babies inhabit the magical world created by Shirley Barber"

"Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury. And though we might be dragged along without them, it…"

"For the safeguard of your country, if you be called to the wars, grutch [complain] not nor groan at it. Go with good …"

"You are, and haue beene feared ouer all, England's an Ile, of stoute and hardie men: Be stronge in faith, your foes d…"

"Every thing is what it is, and not another thing."

"Before you act, it's Prudence soberly to consider; for after Action you cannot recede without dishonour: Take the Adv…"

"The Wages of Sin is Death; it's poor Wages that will not make a Man live; as Virtue is its own Reward, so Sin is its …"