many tender, delicate mothers, seem to think that to make their children eat, is all that is requisite to make them great.
Sarah Josepha HaleRiches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.
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 HaleThere is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind.
Sarah Josepha Hale