We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
Prudent people are very happy; ’tis an exceeding fine thing, that’s certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one’s power to do good, riches being another word for power. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life. Mary Wortley Montagu Read Quote
