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

It is not chic to be too chic.

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.

Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you.

I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This knowledge was like a song within me. Suddenly it all came together. If you were healthy, fit, and well-dressed, you could be attractive.

To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more servile than to pay one's taxes or to write according to the rule of grammar.