Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

I will make a battering-ram of my head and make my way through this rough and tumble world.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

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.

…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.

I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing done.