Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1772.01.31

NHG-P.772.008
31 Jan 1772:23 (797)
HAPPINESS.
As happiness is all our aim,
Some seek to purchase it by fame;
While others think in honour lies,
The so much wish'd and sought for prize;
And some that wealth's alone the thing,
Which can at once the treasure bring:
Health, beauty, wit, we all desire.
For each of these the world admire;
But these are idle, false and vain,
And of the source of grief and pain:
The path to happiness we find,
Through virtue lies, and peace of mind.