…the violin — that most human of all instruments…
[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.
…young minds cannot be driven…
It does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants
He was a faithful servant, and made himself so valuable to those who employed him that they will find it hard to fill his place. He was a good husband and father, so tender, wise, and thoughtful, that...
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
I was wondering how you and Amy get on together.
Yet that is considered an excellent school, and I dare say it would be if the benighted lady did not think it necessary to cram her pupils like Thanksgiving turkeys, instead of feeding them in a natur...
This love of money is the curse of American, and for the sake of it men will sell honor and honesty, till we don't know whom to trust, and it is only a genius like Agassiz who dares to say, 'I cannot...
…we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people…
As no two persons see the same thing with the same eyes, my view of hospital life must be taken through my glass, and held for what it is worth. Certainly, nothing was set down in malice, and to the s...
…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.
…the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over again.
…nothing remained but loneliness and grief…
…men never forgive like women.
Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…
Remaría contigo en la misma barca durante toda la vida
If every one agreed, we should never get on.
…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.
Many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. [But]that does not lessen their beauty...