DELPHINE DE GIRARDIN

Treasures are not for youth; at twenty years of age, one does not know how to be rich, or how to be loved.

There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.

Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.

Love with men is not a sentiment, but an idea.

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

Business is other people's money.

For ages happiness has been represented as a huge precious stone, impossible to find, which people seek for hopelessly. It is not so; happiness is a mosaic, composed of a thousand little stones, which separately and of themselves have little value, but which united with art form a graceful design.

Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees.

The best religion is the most tolerant.

To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.

Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.

Business is other people's money.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.

The best religion is the most tolerant.

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.

Love with men is not a sentiment, but an idea.

For ages happiness has been represented as a huge precious stone, impossible to find, which people seek for hopelessly. It is not so; happiness is a mosaic, composed of a thousand little stones, which separately and of themselves have little value, but which united with art form a graceful design.

Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees.

Treasures are not for youth; at twenty years of age, one does not know how to be rich, or how to be loved.

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.