Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.

The moment Aunt March took her nap, or was busy with company, Jo hurried to this quiet place, and curling herself up in the easy chair, devoured poetry, romance, history, travels, and pictures like a regular bookworm.

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.

There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

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

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

where I wholly love I wholly trust.