“I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.”

“Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands.”

“I am dying beyond my means”

“I am not young enough to know everything.”

“It is so beautiful that I am sure it has a long Latin name.”

“Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes. It is well to have learned that.”

“She is a peacock in everything but beauty!”