Mary Wortley Montagu

“Civility costs nothing and buys everything”

“I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise. ”

“None strive to know their proper meritBut strain for wisdom, beauty, spiritAnd lose the praise that is their dueWhen they've the impossible in view”

“I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.”

“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”