Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.

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

I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it.

The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful too. [The human element]

Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.

I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense.