Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long even if it is the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one.
I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country
Some books are so familiar, reading them is like being home again.
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen the more select, the more enjoyable.
…if men and women would only trust, understand, and help one another as my children do, what a capital place the world would be!' and Mrs. Jo's eyes grew absent, as if she was looking at a new and cha...
…had an hour of silent agony that aged him more than years of happy life could have done.
…for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great change.
Yes! a gay life and a short one, then out with the lights and down with the curtain!
Women work a good many miracles…
The joys come close upon the sorrows this time, and I rather think the changes have begun,’ said Mrs March. ‘In most families there comes, now and then, a year full of events; this has been such an on...
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
Salt is like good humor, and nearly everything is better for a pinch of it.
Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.
Plato and his disciples approach,' announced irreverent Teddy, as Mr. March came in with several young men and women about him; for the wise old man was universally beloved, and ministered so beautifu...
Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.
Ought they to smoke like that?
Now the day is done,Now the shepherd sunDrives his white flocks from the sky;Now the flowers restOn their mother's breast,Hushed by her low lullaby.Now the glowworms glance,Now the fireflies dance,Und...
Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort it is.
Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.