The world is not unkind, and reprobates are worse than their reputations.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth

I find a fascination, like the fascination for the moth of a star, in those who hold aloof and disdain me.

It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.

A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.

But why wasn't I born, alas, in an age of Adjectives; why can one no longer write of silver-shedding Tears and moon-tailed Peacocks, of eloquent Death, of the Negro and star-enameled Night?

The ladies who try to keep their beauty are the ladies who lose it.