It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style."

"The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all."

"She tried to found a salon, and only succeeded in opening a restaurant."

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But. . . it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.