Go up and shake hands with him, and ask him how his family is, and how his soul prospers.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
Rome grows, and as Italy prospers it will grow more and more, for there must forever be a great and famous capital where there has always been one.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
He had pondered much the laws by which society proceeds and prospers, but had not endeavoured in his own case to carry towards perfection the relation that first goes to the making of society: the relation between himself and his children had been left to shift for itself.
"Weighed and Wanting"
George MacDonald