The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.

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

Is it not meningitis?

Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.

…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love.

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