Innocence is a desirable thing, a dainty thing, an appealing thing, in its place; but carried too far, it is merely ridiculous.
[On an actor who'd broken her leg in London:] Oh, how terrible. She must have done it sliding down a barrister.
Age before beauty, and pearls before swine.
Scratch a king and find a fool!
[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much.