“And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.”

“For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.”

“And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.”

“Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.”

“Women's Tongues are as sharp as two-edged Swords, and wound as much, when they are anger'd.”

“there is little difference between man and beast, but what ambition and glory makes.”

“But one day, when Toby is old enough, I will take down a shoe box from a shelf where it is kept, and I will tell him again the story of his sister, Isabel Margaret Cavendish, the girl who came before.”

“...that much gold, and great store of riches makes them mad, insomuch as they endeavour to destroy each other...”

“...that in former ages they had been as wise as they are in this present, nay, wiser; for, said they, many in this age do think their forefathers have been fools, by which they prove themselves to be such.”