Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonLove in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonSatire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonA beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington