“I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words”

“Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .”

“It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one's worship into words.”

“How clever are you, my dear! You never mean a single word you say!”

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”

“The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.”

“When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it. When I leave town now I never tell my people where I am going. If I did, I would lose all my pleasure. It is a silly habit, I daresay, but somehow it seems to bring a great deal of romance into one's life.”