The knowledge of numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and the brutes.
Mary Wortley MontaguIt is the common error of builders and parents to follow some plan they think beautiful (and perhaps is so) without considering that nothing is beautiful that is misplaced.
Mary Wortley MontaguSatire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
Mary Wortley MontaguIt is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass [mirror]. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I resolved to spare myself such mortification in the future.
Mary Wortley Montagu