“All charming people are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.”

“She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.”

“Don't spoil him. Don't try to influence him. Your influence would be bad. The world is wide and has many marvellous people in it. Don't take away from me the one person who gives to my art whatever charm that possesses: my life as an artist depends on him.”

“People are either charming or tedious.”

“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

“It’s absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

“Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.”