Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

hither,hither, from thy home,airy sprite, i bid thee come! born of roses, fed on dew, charms and potions canst thow brew? bring me here, with elfin speed,the fragment philter witch i need; make it sweet and swift and stong, spirite amserw now my song hither i come, from my airy home, afar silver moon. take magic spell, and use it well. or its powers will vanish soon!

A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.

...and Jo laid the rustling sheets together with a careful hand, as one might shut the covers of a lovely romance, which holds the reader fast till the end comes, and he finds himself alone in the work-a-day world again.

Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?

My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.

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