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

Quote by Mary Worley Montagu

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There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity...

Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity...

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

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

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

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister...

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister...

The manners of mankind do not differ so widely as our voyage writers would make...

The manners of mankind do not differ so widely as our voyage writers would make...

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was...

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was...

You have all eternity to be cautious in when you're dead

You have all eternity to be cautious in when you're dead

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats...

I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats...

Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.

Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything

Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine...

Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine...

I used to put in a safety pin to make sure.

I used to put in a safety pin to make sure.

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even...

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even...