[His mind] was like a volcano, full of fire and wealth, sometimes calm, often dazzling and playful, but ever threatening. It ran swift as the lightning from one subject to another, and occasionally burst forth in passionate throes of intellect, nearly allied to madness.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonSatire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonWomen excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonTo amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington