“How are we justly to determine in a world where there are no innocent ones to judge the guilty?” WorldJudgingJudgmentDetermineInnocentGuilty Author:Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis
“Homeliness is the best guard of a young girl's virtue.” YoungGirlSexVirtue Author:Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis
“In our lonely hours we awake those sleeping images with which our memories are stored, and vitalize them again.” HoursMemoriesSleepLonelyAwakeOur Memories Author:Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis
“It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable communications are within the reach of all.” MindBookEnjoyCommunicationSuperiorsIntercourseInvaluable Author:Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis
“Ah! the spendthrift, love: it gives all and everything with the first sigh!” LoveGivingFirstsSighSpendthrift Author:Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis
“Sensibility cannot be acquired; people are born thus, or they have it not.” PeopleBornSensibility Author:Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis
“If you want to succeed in the world it is necessary, when entering a salon, that your vanity should bow to that of others.” IfsWorldWantShouldSucceedVanityBowsEnteringSalons Author:Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis