…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use.

Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.

To marry without love betrays as surely as to love without marriage.

I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don't think any one will deny us.

If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.

If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place." -- Marmee, Little Women

Girls could do most things as well as boys, and some things better.