Every house needs a grandmother in it.

Girls could do most things as well as boys, and some things better.

Work is always my salvation and I will celebrate it.

Don't cry so bitterly, but remember this day, and resolve with all your soul that you will never know another like it.

Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?" "Fly at me again. I rather liked it," said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight.

But many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. That does not lessen their beauty.

If we are all alive ten years hence, let's meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.