Martha Washington
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.