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Quotes by Lady Mary Wortley Montague

2 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Longfellow's trans. That's best Which God sends. 'Twas His will: it is mine. OWEN MEREDITH (Lord Lytton)- Lucile. Pt. II. Canto VI. St. 29. The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sèes, resign'd, a crop of blighted grain. But, spite of sermons, farmers would blaspheme, If a star fell to set their thatch on flame.— filed under Resignation

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