Marguerite Gardiner

“The greatest misery of a desert is not in the want of water, but of love.”

“We are more inclined to hate one another for points of difference, than to love one another for points of agreement.”

“Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.”

“The worst of slaves is he whom passion rules.”

“We are always abusing the present and extolling the past.”

“Memory is the only friend that grief can call its own.”

“Affection can withstand very severe storms of vigor, but not a long polar frost of indifference.”

“Those who have the largest hearts have the most curiosity.”

“Possession diminishes perception of value, not value itself.”

“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.”

“To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.”

“The moments we enjoy most are those we spend with others.”

“Conversation is the music of the mind, an intellectual orchestra, where all the instruments should bear a part, but where none should play together.”