Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.
Mary AstellThat which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.
Mary AstellYour glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.
Mary AstellNor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor.
Mary Astell