There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of a hardened or a wounded heart.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonThe vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonThe difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonReason dissipates the illusions of life, but does not console us for their departure.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington