A profound knowledge of life is the least enviable of all species of knowledge, because it can only be acquired by trials that make us regret the loss of our ignorance.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonGenius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonMountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington