Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,-- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that 's scarcely felt or seen.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Would with a touch that 's scarcely felt or seen. To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace. Book ii.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu