There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.
Delphine de GirardinTo 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.
Delphine de GirardinTreasures are not for youth; at twenty years of age, one does not know how to be rich, or how to be loved.
Delphine de GirardinMen must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.
Delphine de GirardinFor 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.
Delphine de Girardin