I am in perfect health, and hear it said I look better than ever I did in my life, which is one of those lies one is always glad to hear.
Mary Wortley MontaguI don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Mary Wortley MontaguLet this great maxim be my virtue's guide,- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied.
Mary Wortley Montagu