Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.
Louisa May AlcottJo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her.
Louisa May AlcottThe fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.
Louisa May Alcott