「我努力在不愉悅時有智慧，不快樂時心情平靜，對不能修復的事感到滿足，對不能糾正的事持有耐心。」“I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress.”

“I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress.”
– Elizabeth Montagu, Social Reformer

「我努力在不愉悅時有智慧，不快樂時心情平靜，對不能修復的事感到滿足，對不能糾正的事持有耐心。」– 伊莉莎白‧蒙塔古 (社會改革者)
endeavor (v.) 努力，力圖。例：He endeavors to make his dream a reality. (他努力讓夢想成真。) easy (adj.) 不擔心的，放鬆的。mend (v.) 修補 (破洞)。例：Do you know how to mend your own clothes? (你知道怎麼修補衣服嗎？) redress (n.) 矯正，補償。例：The company filed a lawsuit to seek redress for copyright infringement. (那家公司以版權被侵犯提告要求賠償。)
伊莉莎白‧蒙塔古 (1718-1800) 是英國社會改革者、作家及文學評論家，建立促進女性教育的「藍襪社會」。她與英國富賈愛德華‧蒙塔古結婚後，成為當時最富有的女性之一，且致力幫助窮人及文學的推廣。