A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the world till about forty.
Mary Wortley MontaguWe are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our knowledge must rest concealed and be as useless to the world as gold in the mine.
Mary Wortley MontaguWe are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
Mary Wortley MontaguThe most romantic region of every country is that where the mountains unite themselves with the plains or lowlands.
Mary Wortley Montagu