Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.

I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature

For a woman betrayal has no sense - one cannot betray one's passions.

True generosity means accepting ingratitude.

A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion

I remember confuting one of Westminster's favourite maxims, "better the devil you know than the devil you don't". In the annals of popular wisdom, this is one of the most cretinous sayings I have come across.

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.