Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonPeople are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonMen are capable of making great sacrifices, who are not willing to make the lesser ones, on which so much of the happiness of life depends. The great sacrifices are seldom called for, but the minor ones are in daily requisition; and the making them with cheerfulness and grace enhances their value.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonGrief is, of all the passions, the one that is the most ingenious and indefatigable in finding food for its own subsistence.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington