She was seen almost always in a demi-toilet, remarkable only for neatness and good taste.

I do not think I ever once saw diamonds about her, even at the climax of her fortune, when she had the rank of Duchess at Court.
I have always believed that her sincere attachment for the Queen, as much as her love of simplicity, induced her to avoid everything that might cause her to be thought a wealthy favourite.

She had not one of the failings which usually accompany that position.

She loved the persons who shared the Queen's affections, and was entirely free from jealousy.

Marie Antoinette flattered herself that the Comtesse Jules and the Princesse de Lamballe would be her especial friends, and that she should possess a society formed according to her own taste.