Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

Psycholog­y is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it will always remain so.

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.

Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.

My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go.