“I don't envy her much, in spite of her money, for after all rich people have about as many worries as poor… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Fame is a very good thing to have in the house, but cash is more convenient. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
And the good fairy said, I won't leave you money or pretty dresses but I will leave you the spirit to seek… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…Jo valued the letter more than the money, because it was encouraging, and after years of effort it was so pleasant to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
When I had the youth I had no money, now I have the money I have no time, and when I get… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I've been so bothered with my property, that I'm tired of it, and don't mean to save up any more, but give… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“money cannot buy refinement of nature, that rank does not always confer nobility, and that true breeding makes itself felt in spite… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I'm not ambitious for a splendid fortune, a fashionable position, or a great name for my girls. If rank and money come… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Oh, don't I wish I could manage things for you as I do for my heroines! You're pretty enough and good enough… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“for he had plenty of money and nothing to do, and Satan is proverbially fond of providing employment for full and idle… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“What do you want?" and Rose looked up rather surprised. "I'd like to borrow some money. I shouldn't think of asking you,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I told my plan to Fritz once, and he said it was just what he would like, and agreed to try it… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to give up everything. Let's each buy what we want,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
“At three o'clock in the afternoon, all the fashionable world at Nice may be seen on the Promenade des Anglais—a charming place, for the… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
“Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head boobed out from the grotto of books in… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
“I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
“Chance words spoken in kindness often help amazingly; and that's what old people are here for -- else their experience is of little use.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
Oft in the silence of the night, When the lonely moon rides high, When wintry winds are whistling, And we hear the owl's shrill… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
“I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
“If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
“ "I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the world within." ” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
