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.
Louisa May AlcottThe power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
Louisa May AlcottMoney is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
Louisa May AlcottDon't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason.
Louisa May Alcott