The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

But, like all happiness, it did not last long…

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…

Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!

It's lovely to see people so happy.

…feeling as if all the happiness and support of their lives was about to be taken from them.

Jo gave her sister an encouraging pat on the shoulder as they parted for the day, each going a different way, each hugging her little warm turnover, and each trying to be cheerful in spite of wintry weather, hard work, and the unsatisfied desires of pleasure-loving youth.

How little it takes to make a young girl happy! A pretty dress, sunshine, and somebody opposite, and they are blest.

I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.