Delphine de Girardin (24 January 1804 – 29 June 1855), pen name Vicomte Delaunay, was a French author.
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.
Love with men is not a sentiment, but an idea.
The best religion is the most tolerant.
Business is other people's money.
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.
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.
There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.
Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.
Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.
Instinct is the nose of the mind.
Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.
Eternal Inner Peace has to be cultivated daily.