...freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.

O vanity, mislead no more!

A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.

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.

You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.

I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.

My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child