…in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.

strength and beauty must go hand in hand

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

I did fail, say what you will, for Jo wouldn't love me.

I could have been a great many things.

I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens

Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.