Louisa May Alcott - Little Men (1871)

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The young people were playing that still more absorbing game in which hearts are always trumps.

Louisa May Alcott
For the wise old man was universally beloved, and ministered so beautifully to his flock that many of them thanked him all their lives for the help given to both hearts and souls.

Louisa May Alcott
Books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life.

Louisa May Alcott
Proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

Louisa May Alcott
For no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love.

Louisa May Alcott
That's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use.

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

Louisa May Alcott
It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.

Louisa May Alcott
It is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in the most neglected person.

Louisa May Alcott
Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.

Louisa May Alcott
I can get on with wild beasts first-rate; but men rile me awfully…

Louisa May Alcott
Misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck.

Louisa May Alcott
Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.

Louisa May Alcott
Girls could do most things as well as boys, and some things better.

Louisa May Alcott
A holiday isn't a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.

Louisa May Alcott
Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when face and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.

Louisa May Alcott
Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

Louisa May Alcott
It is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone.

Louisa May Alcott