Dolley Madison

“We are planting trees, and I hope we shall enjoy their shade in our old age.”

“Our kind friend, Mr. Carroll, has come to hasten my departure, and is in a very bad humor with me because I insist on waiting until the large picture of General Washington is secured.”

“I am not much of a politician, I am only a spectator of the show.”

“It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.”

“I am less and less a friend to serving the public.”

“To be blind to the faults of a friend is a failing, but to publish them to the world is a crime.”

“I would rather be in the thick of a dozen battles than to hear of one at a distance with the details unknown.”

“At this late hour a wagon has been procured, and I have had it filled with the plate and most valuable portable articles belonging to the house.”

“The tide of party violence is I fear irresistible.”