Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

When I had the youth I had no money, now I have the money I have no time, and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no health to enjoy life.

It was fortunate that tea was at hand, to produce a lull and provide refreshment,— for they would have been hoarse and faint if they had gone on much longer.

{Mrs. March to Jo} You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.

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