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

I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It is my misfortune. Think of me what you will, but beware of me in time, for against my will I may do you harm.

Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands.

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.

So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.

John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!