The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint.

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.

This is the age of the apartment. Not only in the great cities, but in the smaller centers of civilization the apartment has come to stay. ... A decade ago the apartment was considered a sorry makeshift in America, though it has been successful abroad for more years than you would believe.

My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability.

Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.

I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.

I know of nothing more significant than the awakening of men and women throughout our country to the desire to improve their houses. Call it what you will - awakening, development, American Renaissance - it is a most startling and promising condition of affairs.