Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.

It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there.

When I am no longer being copied, I shall know that I am a back number. ... the fear of being copied is often the characteristic of the meager imagination.

I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint.

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

When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old.

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.