Little Men (Little Women, #2)

by Louisa May Alcott

"God don't care; for my soul is straight if my back isn't,"

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.

Only good. That is all and every thing,"

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

Honesty, courage, industry, faith in God, their fellow-creatures, and themselves; that is all I try for." "That is every thing. Give them these helps, then let them go to work out their life as men and women; and whatever their success or failure is, I think they will remember and bless your efforts,

For 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.