[On spiritualism:] I always knew the living talked rot, but it's nothing to the rot the dead talk.

Although I am not stupid, the mathematical side of my brain is like dumb notes upon a damaged piano.

I have always wanted to be a man, if only for the reason that I would like to have gauged the value of my intellect.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone.

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

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth-the power of love-although I have put it last, is the rarest.