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

Have your fun, my dear; but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with the daily regret that it isn't cake.

I will make a battering-ram of my head and make my way through this rough and tumble world.

Don't mind me. I'm as happy as a cricket here.

Jo began to dance a jig,...Amy nearly fell out of the window in her surprise, and Meg exclaimed, with uplifted hands, 'Well I do believe the world is coming to an end!

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.