Advice is always a confession.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

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.