“Real elegance is simply a true encounter with oneself.”
“But there was another class of people, the real people. To this class they all belonged, and in it the great thing was to be elegant, generous, plucky, gay, to abandon oneself without a blush to every passion, and to laugh at everything else.”
“Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledgeof oneself.”
“Just as true humour is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.”
“Death is the only real elegance.”
“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”