A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.
Mary Wortley MontaguPrudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.
Mary Wortley MontaguBe plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.
Mary Wortley MontaguI have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it being one of my earliest observations, the universal inclination of humankind is to be led by the ears, and I am sometimes apt to imagine that they are given to men as they are to pitchers, purposely that they may be carried about by them.
Mary Wortley Montagu