Now we are expected to be as wise as men who have had generations of all the help there is, and we scarcely anything.

If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so, you'd save an immense deal of time and money and pain. A happy soul in a healthy body makes the best sort of beauty for man or woman.

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

And when they went away, leaving comfort behind, I think there were not in all the city four merrier people than the hungry little girls who gave away their breakfasts and contented themselves with bread and milk on Christmas morning.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.