John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7192 John Godfrey Saxe 1816-1887 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7192 |
| AUTHOR: | John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887) |
| QUOTATION: | I asked of Echo ’t other day (Whose words are few and often funny), What to a novice she could say Of courtship, love, and matrimony. Quoth Echo, plainly,—“Matter-o’-money.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Echo. |