Society seldom forgives those who have discovered the emptiness of its pleasures, and who can live independent of it and them.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonBorrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonA poor man defended himself when charged with stealing food to appease the cravings of hunger, saying, the cries of the stomach silenced those of the conscience.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonThe difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington