Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.
Mary Wortley MontaguMiserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve.
Mary Wortley MontaguIt's in no way my interest (according to the common acceptance of that word) to convince the world of their errors; that is, I shall get nothing from it but the private satisfaction of having done good to mankind, and I know nobody that reckons that satisfaction any part of their interest.
Mary Wortley Montagu