“For everybody and every thing conspire to make me as contented as possible in it; yet I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.”
More from Martha Washington
“A dependence is, I think, a wretched state and you have enough if you will manage it…”
“Look upon this advice in the friendly way it is meant, as I wish you to be a independent…”
“There are few people who can manage more than their own business.”
“The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be…”