Not for Want — 362
An Irishman being asked why he left his country for America, replied, “It wasn’t for want; I had plenty of that at home.”
Sam Slick on Happiness — 363
It takes a great deal to make happiness, for everything must be in time, like a piano; but it takes very little to spoil it. Fancy a bride, now, having a toothache, or a swelled face during the honeymoon. In courtship she won’t show, but in marriage she can’t help it.