She was learned, erudite, wise, competent, curiously proficient in history, crammed with Latin, stuffed with Greek, full of Hebrew, and more of a Benedictine monk than a Benedictine nun.

• 能文，识掌故，博学，多才，谙悉奇闻异事，满脑子的拉丁文，满腔的希腊文，满肚子的希伯来文，虽是女流，却有丈夫气。