"I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them."

"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything."

"To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people—that is all!"

"Conversation is an art in which a man has all the talking to himself."

"I am not at all surprised that good people are so unhappy. They have such a dreadful time trying to be good."