Only A Mother Knows A Mother's Fondness.

There Can Be No Situation In Life In Which The Conversation Of My Dear Sister Will Not Administer Some Comfort To Me.

Tis The Established Custom [in Vienna] For Every Lady To Have Two Husbands, One That Bears The Name, And Another That Performs The Duties.

[on Her Political Writings:] It Is, I Confess, Very Possible That These My Labours May Only Be Destined To Line Trunks, Or Preserve Roast Meat From Too Fierce A Fire; Yet In That Shape I Shall Be Useful To My Country.

I Have Often Observ'd The Loudest Laughers To Be The Dullest Fellows In The Company.

You Can Be Pleased With Nothing If You Are Not Pleased With Yourself.