Never, under any circumstance, do I touch soup, as I do not believe in building a meal on a lake.

Simplicity, suitability and proportion.

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.

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.

You will soon find that your joy in your home is growing, and that you have a source of happiness within yourself that you had not suspected.

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.