Owl Quotes by Margaret Cavendish

Nature, being a wise and provident lady, governs her parts very wisely, methodically, and orderly: Also, she is very industrious and hates to be…

— Margaret Cavendish

Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my…

— Margaret Cavendish

I think a bad husband is far worse than no husband.

— Margaret Cavendish

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

— Margaret Cavendish

“But the Duchess's Soul being troubled, that her dear Lord and Husband used such a violent exercise before meat, for fear of overheating himself,…

— Margaret Cavendish

Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.

— Margaret Cavendish

I would rather die in the adventure of noble achievements than live in obscure and sluggish security.

— Margaret Cavendish

Thoughts are like stars in the firmament; some are fixed, others like the wandering planets, others again are only like meteors. Understanding is like…

— Margaret Cavendish

Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years.

— Margaret Cavendish

Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar…

— Margaret Cavendish

First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a…

— Margaret Cavendish

Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at…

— Margaret Cavendish