The patience and the humility of the face she loved so well was a better lesson to Jo than the wisest lecture, the sharpest reproof.

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.

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.

When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least.

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.