The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends

[On Austen Chamberlain:] He is more loyal to his friends than to his convictions.

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die.

[To her host upon leaving a party:] Don't think it hasn't been charming, because it hasn't.

Haunted from my early youth by the transitoriness and pathos of life, I was aware that it is not enough to say "I am doing no harm," I ought to be testing myself daily, and asking myself what I am really achieving.

Rumor is untraceable, incalculable, and infectious.

It is not dying, but living, that is a preparation for Death.