You know what a woman's curiosity is.

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.

If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.

All the spring may be hidden in the single bud, and the low ground nest of the lark may hold the joy that is to herald the feet of many rose-red dawns.

Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. And falsehoods the truths of other people. Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.