Our Pleasures Are Short, And Can Only

I Chose My Wife, As She Did Her Wedding Gown, For Qualities That Would Wear Well.

As For Murmurs, Mother, We Grumble A Little Now And Then, To Be Sure; But There's No Love Lost Between Us.

The Watch-dog's Voice That Bay'd The Whispering Wind, And The Loud Laugh That Spoke The Vacant Mind.

As Boys Should Be Educated With Temperance, So The First Greatest Lesson That Should Be Taught Them Is To Admire Frugality. It Is By The Exercise Of This Virtue Alone They Can Ever Expect To Be Useful Members Of Society.

If We Do Not Find Happiness In The Present Moment, In What Shall We Find It?