Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.
Sarah Josepha HaleAmericans have two ardent passions; the love of liberty, and love of distinction.
Sarah Josepha HaleDemocracies have been, and governments called, free; but the spirit of independence and the consciousness of unalienable rights, were never before transfused into the minds of a whole people....The feeling of equality which they proudly cherish does not proceed from an ignorance of their station, but from the knowledge of their rights; and it is this knowledge which will render it so exceedingly difficult for any tyrant ever to triumph over the liberties of our country.
Sarah Josepha HaleThose who cannot think, have, in my opinion, a necessity (which goes very far towards creating a right) for amusement.
Sarah Josepha HaleCrackers, toasted or hard bread may be added a short time before the soup is wanted; but do not put in those libels on civilized cookery, called DUMPLINGS! One might about as well eat, with the hope of digesting, a brick from the ruins of Babylon, as one of the hard, heavy masses of boiled dough which usually pass under this name.
Sarah Josepha Hale