I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.

Yes, well, let me tell you that if nobody had ever learned to quote, very few people would be in love with La Rochefoucauld. I bet you I don't know ten souls who read him without a middleman.

There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.

I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.

She will never win him, whose words had shown she feared to lose.

There was nothing separate about her days. Like drops on the window-pane, they ran together and trickled away.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.