Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonSatire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonWhen we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited proceeds from our being too fully comprehended.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonMountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington