She was a weak woman - too highly elated in prosperity, too easily depressed by adversity - not considering that both are situations of trial . . . .
Source: Walter Wilson, in Sketches of American Character, 1829.
-- Sarah Josepha Hale, (Oct 24 1788-1879), US journalist, author, poet; She was the author of Mary had a Little Lamb, and the first woman magazine editor in the U.S.