It is true that we were robbed of the pleasure his infancy would have afforded us, but it's not true that there now exists any way by which that lost pleasure can be supplied.

As for myself, I regret the necessity that compels me to say that he is far from being a comfort to me.

What has he brought me?
Nothing but an additional cause for worry." "Father, don't say that!" "But I am compelled to say it.

I have pointed out a career to him and he simply bats his eyes at it.

He is the most peculiar creature I ever saw.