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

I do not say I was ever what I would call "plain," but I have the sort of face that bores me when I see it on other people.

Rumor is untraceable, incalculable, and infectious.

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

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.

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

The Almighty is a wonderful handicapper: He will not give us everything.