Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.
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 BlessingtonGenius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington