“If, of all words of tongue and pen,The saddest are, 'It might have been,'More sad are these we daily see:'It is, but hadn't ought to be.”
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.”
“Her future will have been brought to a sad end if it is not incessantly, daily decorated.”
“Of all the sad rituals of this inconsequential life, dating must be the saddest of all.”
“When Church and State are separate, the effects are happy, and they do not at all interfere with each other; but where they have been confounded together, no tongue nor pen can fully describe the mischiefs that have ensued.”