Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

女人的机智容易产生不好的后果;它像一把没有鞘的剑，刺伤佩带者，并激怒攻击者。

-- Elizabeth Montagu 伊丽莎白·蒙塔古