What was there to break the play of sunshine on her countenance?
"The more some people have, the more dissatisfied they are," remarked one superficial observer to another, in reply to some communication touching Mrs.Leslie's want of spirits.
"Yes," was answered.

"Nothing but _real_ trouble ever brings such persons to their senses." Ah! Is not heart-trouble the most real of all with which we are visited?
There comes to it, so rarely, a balm of healing.

To those external evils which merely affect the personal comfort, the mind quickly accommodates itself.

We may find happiness in either prosperity or adversity.

But, what true happiness is there for a loving heart, if, from the only source of reciprocation, there is but an imperfect response?
A strong mind may accommodate itself, in the exercise of a firm religious philosophy, to even these circumstances, and like the wisely discriminating bee, extract honey from even the most unpromising flower.