I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without depending on others as that is the only…

- Martha Washington

I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experianence that the greater part o…

- Martha Washington

I am only fond of what comes from the heart.

- Martha Washington

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

- Martha Washington

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappine…

- Martha Washington

We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.

- Martha Washington

Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.

- Martha Washington

I live a very dull life here... indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.

- Martha Washington