You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.

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

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.

Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important. Meg observed it, but did not troubled herself to make inquiries, for she had learned that the best way to manage Jo was by the law of contraries, so she felt sure of being told everything if she did not ask.

Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.

I could have been a great many things.