…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.

I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. (Jo March)

Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

At twenty-five, girls begin to talk about being old maids, but secretly resolve that they never will. At thirty, they say nothing about it, but quietly accept the fact.

We're twins, and so we love each other more than other people.

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.