Lady Saba Holland


Saba, Lady Holland was the eldest daughter of Sydney Smith and the second wife of Sir Henry Holland, a prominent physician and travel writer, with whom she had two daughters. She made a name for herself as the author of a much-read memoir of her famous father.
Some of Smith's often-quoted sayings were first recorded in Lady Holland's memoir, including:
Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose, nor a body to kick.
and
Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea. I can drink any quantity when I have not tasted wine.; otherwise I am haunted by blue devils by day, and dragons by night.

Her daughters were Caroline Holland and Gertrude Holland.