I have been photographed to death.

Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.

On Becoming a 'Lady': What every mother wants her daughter to be.

For women, beauty is more important than the mind, because the man is easier to watch than to think.

The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times of sudden horror, tragedy or disaster. The pulse stops apparently, and nothing can be done, and not one move made, until a “nice cup of tea” is quickly made. There is no question that it brings solace and does steady the mind. What a pity all countries are not.

I never ever took my career seriously.

H is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.