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.

…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.

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)

Fame is a very good thing to have in the house, but cash is more convenient.

Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.

Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.

Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?