There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.

- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.

- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.

- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.

- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

There is no cosmetic like happiness

- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington