There are some chagrins of the heart which a friend ought to try to console without betraying a knowledge of their existence, as there are physical maladies which a physician ought to seek to heal without letting the sufferer know that he has discovered their extent.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonWhen we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington... I never will allow myself to form an ideal of any person I desire to see, for disappointment never fails to ensue.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonThe most certain mode of making people content with us is to make them content with themselves.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington