119 Quotes by Mary Wortley Montagu

True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words.

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.

Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on.

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.

It's all been very interesting.

The use of knowledge in our sex (beside the amusement of solitude) is to moderate the passions and learn to be contented with a small expense, which are the certain effects of a studious life and, it may be, preferable even to that fame which men have engrossed to themselves and will not suffer us to share.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain the grief is owing to our passion, since the sensation of it vanishes when that is over.