“The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst on us all because we're not pure enough, good omens appear.” PeopleWorldArtEnoughWishWorstNew YorkPureProveCriticsFolksStinkArt WorldOmenGood Omens Author:Jerry Saltz
“This cold weather has set all the young Folks to providing Bedfellows. I have signed two or three Licences every Day [as a Fairfax Justice of the Peace] since I have been at Home. I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable.” Has BeensTwoHomeYoungThreeWishJusticeColdFolksWeatherProvidingSheetsDisagreeableCold WeatherBedfellows Author:George Mason
“I fancy that England is not the only place where married folks disagree, and where there are bad husbands. If one does not care to meet with such cases, one must quit this world. Those wishing to enter the marriage state had better not come to me for advice, for I disapprove of it altogether.” IfsWorldDoeStatesCareWishMarriageCasesAdviceThis WorldHusbandMarriedEnglandFolksQuittingFancyDisagreeBad Husband Author:Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orleans
“I wish the women's rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are fit to vote.” ThinkingWould BeWishDealsRightsFitVoteFolksSensibleWomens Rights Author:Ellen Swallow Richards