List of Margaret Cavendish Quotes

My Other Brother, The Lord Lucas, Who Was Heir To My Fathers Estate, And As It Were The Father To Take Care Of Us All, Is Not Less Valiant Than They Were, Although His Skill In The Discipline Of War Was Not So Much, Being Not Bred Therein.

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 The Door As I Do Know Or Can Remember; Not As A Petitioner I Am Sure.

In Such Misfortunes My Mother Was Of An Heroic Spirit, In Suffering Patiently When There Was No Remedy, And Being Industrious Where She Thought She Could Help.

And Not Only My Own Brothers And Sisters Agreed So But My Brothers And Sisters In Law; And Their Children, Although But Young, Had The Like Agreeable Natures And Affectionate Dispositions.

For I, Hearing My Lord's Estate Amongst Many More Estates Was To Be Sold, And That The Wives Of The Owners Should Have An Allowance Therefrom, It Gave Me Hopes I Should Receive A Benefit Thereby.

And Though I Might Have Learnt More Wit And Advanced My Understanding By Living In A Court, Yet Being Dull, Fearful And Bashful, I Neither Heeded What Was Said Or Practised, But Just What Belonged To My Loyal Duty And My Own Honest Reputation.

For Disorder Obstructs: Besides, It Doth Disgust Life, Distract The Appetities, And Yield No True Relish To The Senses.

Not Because They Were Servants Were We So Reserved, For Many Noble Persons Are Forced To Serve Through Necessity, But By Reason The Vulgar Sort Of Servants Are As Ill Bred As Meanly Born, Giving Children Ill Examples And Worse Counsel.

Indeed I Had Not Much Wit, Yet I Was Not An Idiot - My Wit Was According To My Years.

My Mother Was A Good Mistress To Her Servants, Taking Care Of Them In Their Sicknesses, Not Sparing Any Cost She Was Able To Bestow For Their Recovery.

As For Our Garments, My Mother Did Not Only Delight To See Us Neat And Cleanly, Fine And Gay, But Rich And Costly: Maintaining Us To The Heighth Of Her Estate, But Not Beyond It.

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.