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.

Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.

No woman should give her happiness into the keeping of a man without fixed principles.

...and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself.

To marry without love betrays as surely as to love without marriage.

Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.