[Remark about Calvin Coolidge she says was erroneously attributed to her:] I do wish he did not look as if he had been weaned on a pickle.

I'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington.

You can't make a souffle rise twice.

I live by three rules: I eat when I'm hungry, sleep when I'm tired and scratch when I itch.

If you can't say something nice about someone, come and sit right here next to me.

My specialty is detached malevolence.

If you have nothing good to say about anyone, come and sit with me.