Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons.

Bunbury? Oh, he was quite exploded. Exploded! Was he the victim of a revolutionary outrage? I was not aware that Mr. Bunbury was interested in social legislation. If so, he is well punished for his morbidity. My dear Aunt Augusta, I mean he was found out! The doctors found out that Bunbury could not , that is what I mean—so Bunbury died. He seems to have had great confidence in the opinion of his physicians.

I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself don’t interest me. They have not got the charm of novelty.

I can resist everything except temptation.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.