Where should one use perfume?" a young woman asked. "Wherever one wants to be kissed.
Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.
Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.
A young lady ought to be two things: tasteful and breathtaking.
Early happiness handicaps people. I do not regret having been profoundly unhappy.
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.