Elizabeth Montagu Quotes

You will find many a creature by earth, air, and water, that is more beautiful than a woman.

Not to be miserable is all some people are capable of.

To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another.

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire ...

Will an intelligent spectator not admire the prodigeous structures of Stone-Henge because he does not know by what law of mechanics they were raised?

It is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it.

The only thing one can do one day one did not do the day before is to die.

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress.

The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it.

Any wife will save you from purgatory, and a diligent one will secure heaven to you.

I never invite idiots to my house.