I told Martin when we’d first come to London, that I must see the Widder Albert whilst I was there.

—Josiah Allen’s Wife

April Twenty-fifth

“Doctor, do you think my wife will recover?”

“Oh, yes! I told her I already had a wife picked out for you in case she didn’t get well.”

—Life.

April Twenty-sixth

Keep your eyes open before marriage; half shut afterwards.

—Poor Richard’s Almanac.

April Twenty-seventh