Wit is the lightning of the mind, reason the sunshine, and reflection the moonlight.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonPraise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonYou were wise not to waste years in a lawsuit ... he who commences a suit resembles him who plants a palm-tree which he will not live to see flourish.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonTalent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington