The thought that, insignificant as she was, she yet might do some good, made her very careful of her acts and words, and so anxious to keep head contented and face happy, that she forgot her clothes, and made others do the same. She did not know it, but that good old fashion of simplicity made the plain gowns pretty, and the grace of unconsciousness beautified their little wearer with the charm that makes girlhood sweetest to those who truly love and reverence it.

Housekeeping ain't no joke.

I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.

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

Love scenes, if genuine, are indescribable; for to those who have enacted them the most elaborate description seems tame, and to those who have not, the simplest picture seems overdone.

John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!

Ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial.