897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.

Liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

Cast your bread upon the waters, and after many days it will come back buttered.

People cannot be molded like clay.

And when they went away, leaving comfort behind, I think there were not in all the city four merrier people than the hungry little girls who gave away their breakfasts and contented themselves with bread and milk on Christmas morning.

Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law ...

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

The moment Aunt March took her nap, or was busy with company, Jo hurried to this quiet place, and curling herself up in the easy chair, devoured poetry, romance, history, travels, and pictures like a regular bookworm.

Where the heart is the mind works best.