Quotes by Marguerite Gardiner

• Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.
• Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.
• 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?
• When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.
• We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.
• The Temple of Diana is in the vicinity of the fountain, which has given rise to the conjecture that it originally constituted a portion of the ancient baths.
• Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.
• In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.
• I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place.
• Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.
• Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.
• Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.
• The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.