Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant?
– Marguerite Gardiner
We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.
– Marguerite Gardiner
Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.
– Marguerite Gardiner
Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.
– Marguerite Gardiner
Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.