“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.”

“It is personalities, not principles, that move the age”

“I am always late on principle, my principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.”

“I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.”

“I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else.”

“Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.”

“I am the only person I would like to know thoroughly”