“Every woman is a rebel.”

“Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.”

“Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy.”

“Most personalities have been obliged to be rebels. Half their strength has been wasted in friction.”

“I don't know how to talk.Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.”

“No woman should have a memory. Memory in a woman is the beginning of dowdiness. One can always tell from a woman's bonnet whether she has got a memory or not.”

“Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.”