Although she was not particularly beautiful (an important asset at the French court) and was somewhat unconventional by the current standards, Liselotte also made a very good impression on the courtiers and witty Parisian salon ladies. They originally had prejudices and expected a 'rough' and 'uncultivated' foreigner. In reference to Queen Maria Theresa, who never really learned to speak French and was too good-natured for the malicious jokes of the "Précieuses", Madame de Sévigné had previously mocked ironically: "What a delight to have a woman again who can't speak French!"; but after she got to know Liselotte, she noticed a “charming directness” in her and said: "I was amazed at her jokes, not at her lovable jokes, but of her common sense ("esprit de bon sens")...I assure you to you that it cannot be expressed better. She is a very idiosyncratic person and very determined and certainly has taste." Madame de La Fayette was also positively surprised and made very similar comments about Liselotte's "esprit de bon sens". The King's cousin "La Grande Mademoiselle" at first said: "When you come from Germany you don't have a French way of life", but later recalled: "It made a very good impression on us, but Monsieur didn't think so and was a little surprised. But when she pretended to be French it was something completely different." When the Electress Sophia and her daughter visited Liselotte in Paris and Versailles in 1679, she stated: "Liselotte...lives very freely, and with more fully innocence: her cheerfulness cheers up the King. I have not noticed that her power goes further than making him laugh, nor that she tries to carry it further."