That's the way girls are isn't it? They swear eternal friendship, and then as soon as a man's in the case it's all forgotten.

I have never understood why a woman must have a man to take her into dinner.

Everything about everybody was very soon known by everybody else.

No expectations mean there is no risk of disappointment.

Society can only hurt if you care for its opinion

I am no faint-heart when it comes to the unpleasant truth. Indeed I have always taken a bracing sort of pleasure in facing it.

None of us like to think we are silly. But all must acknowledge that they are capable of silliness, from time to time