A few hundred dollars will dry the weeping eyes of the most despairing damsel, and make her think the defection of her plighted swain a very lucky speculation—and so instead of breaking her own heart, she very coolly determines to break his credit, comforting herself with the thought that cash is more current than love.

Another quote →

More quotes by Sarah Josepha Hale

All Sarah Josepha Hale quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Sarah Josepha Hale (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.