Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessingtonwas an Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess... (wikipedia)
Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular
Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society
Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out.