In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.

If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men...

We only do well the things we like doing.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.