Mary Montagu Quotations

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

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

We travelers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.

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

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