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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2170 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2170
AUTHOR:Robert Burton (1577–1640)
QUOTATION:[Quoting Seneca] Cornelia kept her in talk till her children came from school, “and these,” said she, “are my jewels.”
ATTRIBUTION:Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 3.