Meg's high-heeled slippers were dreadfully tight, and hurt her, though she would not own it; and Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable; but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.

Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.

I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands." "They're not empty now.

The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.

Love and Loyalty If ever men and women are their simplest, sincerest selves, it is when suffering softens the one, and sympathy strengthens the other.

I only mean to say that I have a feeling that it never was intended I should live long. I'm not like the rest of you.