With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized
There is only good art and mediocre art.
Greek dress was in its essence inartistic. Nothing should reveal the body but the body.
The one charm of the past is that it is the past.
No one wants to see a play called 'Lady Windermere's Fan'. It's going to be called 'Cocks in Frocks II' or I will find another publisher
One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.