Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonThere is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of a hardened or a wounded heart.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonOne of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington