I have often observ'd the loudest Laughers to be the dullest Fellows in the Company.
Mary Wortley MontaguConscience is justice's best minister; it threatens, promises, rewards, and punishes and keeps all under control; the busy must attend to its remonstrances, the most powerful submit to its reproof, and the angry endure its upbraidings. While conscience is our friend all is peace; but if once offended farewell the tranquil mind.
Mary Wortley MontaguI am afraid we are little better than straws upon the water; we may flatter ourselves that we swim, when the current carries us along.
Mary Wortley Montagu