Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had.

All people talk of money sometimes, everywhere. But not for all people, everywhere, is money the addiction, the obsession, the stimulant, that it seems to be in New York. It is a large part of the clamor, and it is the voice - quite literally - of the man in the street.

The art of flirtation is dying. A man and woman are either in love these days or just friends. In the realm of love, reticence and sophistication should go hand in hand, for one of the joys of life is discovery. Nowadays, instead of progressing from vous to tu, from Mister to Jim, it's 'darling' and 'come to my place' in the first hour.

flirtation ... is a graceful salute to sex, a small impermanent spark between one human being and another, between a man and a woman not in need of fire.

Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble.

One is as one is, and the love that can't encompass both is a poor sort of love.

Minds are cluttered from the age of six with the values of others-values which bear little relation to their own private capacities, needs and desires.