“Everything that's worth having is some trouble…”

“In everything you do aim to excel for what is worth doing is worth doing well”

“I do know my own mind,' protested Anne. 'The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again.”

“Some are born old maids, some achieve old maidenhood, and some have old maidenhood thrust upon them ," parodied Miss Lavendar whimsically.”

“It's the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked.”

“Nothing worth while is every easy come by.”

“…you'll be spared an awful lot of trouble if you die young.”