Persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing.

O vanity, mislead no more!

Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)

The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.

For the wise old man was universally beloved, and ministered so beautifully to his flock that many of them thanked him all their lives for the help given to both hearts and souls.

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

Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.