Marguerite Gardiner

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

— Marguerite Gardiner

#being content #consists #content #happiness #having

Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#dictates #dreams #fashion #here

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. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#attention #claims #does #expose #forget

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#like #must #obscure #pardoned #talent

Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#heart #may #never #tears #up

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#conscience #escort #flexible #inflexible #politeness

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. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#baths #conjecture #constituted #diana #fountain

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#comic #however #may #never #powers

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

#ignorant #look #monuments #mortals #names

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. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#absence #affection #after #away #been