“Society is composed of two great classes-- those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.”

“If a woman were about to proceed to her execution she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet.”

“Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.”

“Do not suppose opportunity will knock twice at your door.”

“The public! the public! How many fools does it take to make up a public?”

“Society is composed of two great classes: those who have more dinners than appetite and those who have more appetite than dinners.”

“Don't allow yourself to get into the habit of dressing carelessly when there is 'only' your husband to see you. Depend upon it he has no use for faded tea-gowns and badly dressed hair, and he abhor...”

“Good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society.”

“Dress for the position you want, not the position you have.”