There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile.

a woman of the world should always be the mistress of sorrow and not its servant. She may have a grief but never a grievance.

I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of their houses to wealthy persons who do not have the time, inclination, nor culture to do such work for themselves. It is nothing new. Women have done the same thing before.

You can't take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud.

A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.

No one chair should be isolated.

I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.