I expect I shall have to die beyond my means.

Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief.

Nature, which makes nothing durable, always repeats itself so that nothing which it makes may be lost.

Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.

When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand.

When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.