For I had rather die in the adventure ot noble achievements, then live in obscure and sluggish security.
Margaret CavendishFor disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses.
Margaret CavendishNot that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime.
Margaret CavendishAnd not only my own brothers and sisters agreed so but my brothers and sisters in law; and their children, although but young, had the like agreeable natures and affectionate dispositions.
Margaret Cavendish