Quotes by Marguerite Gardiner

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.
– Marguerite Gardiner