If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it.

November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year," said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden. "That's the reason I was born in it," observed Jo pensively, quite unconscious of the blot on her nose.

Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child

There was a good deal of laughing and kissing and explaining, in the simple, loving fashion which makes these home-festivals so pleasant at the time, so sweet to remember long afterward, and then all fell to work.

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