Here's What the Spinsters Have to Say


Everyone has advice to give, including the spinsters. Take a moment and enrich your life with their "Pearls of Wisdom."


"Coughs and sneezes spread diseases." Hetty in "Conversions."

"To win you have to study hard. You have to reach down inside of you. You have to go beyond your own expectations. Then you may find that glory awaits you." Hetty to her students in "The Witch of Avonlea."

"Like it or not, we are bound together by those we love." Hetty to Blair in "Nothing Endures But Change."

"Least said-soonest mended." Hetty to Sara in "Sara's Homecoming."

"Empty vessels make the most noise." Great Aunt Eliza to Janet in "How Kissing Was Discovered."

"We're not all cut out to be married." Hetty to Rachel in "Old Quarrels, Old Love."

"Wealth can be very empty when you don't have someone to share it with. Make a little room in your plans for romance, Anne-Girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can't make up for the lack of it." Aunt Jo to Anne in "Anne of Green Gables."

"Love will wither on the vine, if a man has no prospects at all." Hetty to Sara in "May the Best Man Win."


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