…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.

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

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.

Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by the unconscious hints it gave of power, pride and passion. So entirely natural and unconventional was she that he soon found himself on a familiar footing, asking all manner of unusual questions, and receiving rather piquant replies.

Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction.

Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands.

Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it.