It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.

My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.

Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.

The violin - that most human of all instruments.

We've got minds and souls as well as hearts; ambition and talents as well as beauty and accomplishments; and we want to live and learn as well as love and be loved. I'm sick of being told that is all a woman is fit for! I won't have anything to do with love until I prove that I am something beside a housekeeper and a baby-tender!

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

The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.