I think it is every woman's duty to make herself as attractive as her time and means permit. After all, there you are, in your person- a living symbol of the progress of art, science and imagination. To be as attractive as we can be is almost a civic duty; there are so many sad and ugly things in the world that I think women should say to themselves humbly, not with vanity, 'I will try to be as pretty as I can, so that when people look at me, they will feel refreshed. I will make an effort to be easy on the eye.'

I always felt that the boiled potato, not the tudor rose, should be the national emblem.

Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.

You can always spot a well informed man his views are the same as yours.

George Moore unexpectedly pinched my behind. I felt rather honored that my behind should have drawn the attention of the great master of English prose.

Prolonged statistics are a lethal dose, which if it does not kill will certainly dispel your audience.

When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.