Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Margaret Hoby

Born: 1571
Died: 1633 (aged 62)
Bio: Margaret, Lady Hoby née Dakins was an English diarist of the Elizabethan period. Hers is the oldest known diary written by a woman in English. She had a Puritan upbringing.