Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.
Delphine de GirardinThere is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.
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 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