Riches are always overestimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession. - Sarah Josepha Hale

Hail, Holy Day! the blessing from above </br> Brightens thy presence like a smile of love, </br> Smoothing, like oil upon a stormy sea, </br> The roughest waves of human destiny— </br> Cheering the good, and to the poor oppressed </br> Bearing the promise of their heavenly rest.

A few hundred dollars will dry the weeping eyes of the most despairing damsel, and make her think the defection of her plighted swain a very lucky speculation—and so instead of breaking her own heart, she very coolly determines to break his credit, comforting herself with the thought that cash is more current than love.

Her husband requested she would read, and she determined to read; her husband wished her to talk, and she resolved to talk. ... Then she had the habit into which your poor conversationalists usually fall, namely, asking questions.