I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?

Literature always anticipates life. It doesn't copy it but moulds it to it's purpose.

The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our serious requests, and gratify every one of our whims. He should encourage us to have caprices, and forbid us to have missions. He should always say much more than he means, and always mean much more than he says.

We women adore failures. They lean on us.