Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.

Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.

Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.

We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.