And evermore the Deep has worshipped God; </br> And Bards and Prophets tune their mystic lyres </br> While listening to the music of the floods. - Sarah Josepha Hale

There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent, and yet hardly a thought is bestowed on the subject by those who direct the public sentiment.

All that I intended was, that self-control, in every station and to every individual, is indispensable, if people would retain that equanimity of mind, which depending on self-respect, is the essential of contentment and happiness.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.