What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

You can be barefoot and have worries.

My private life became public.

I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society.

I don't think when I make love.

I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big.

I had lots of opportunities to survive this [popularity] madness. Madame de Staël said, "Glory is the bright mourning of happiness."