Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -

Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.

The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed.

It takes two flints to make a fire.

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

November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year," said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden. "That's the reason I was born in it," observed Jo pensively, quite unconscious of the blot on her nose.

I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands." "They're not empty now.