I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

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

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed.

Nothing remained but loneliness and grief.

Fame is a very good thing to have in the house, but cash is more convenient.