The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.

Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere.

What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.

It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.

A state of reverie does not avoid reality, it accedes to reality.

From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.