"Some people imagine that they are well informed because they have memorized a whole galaxy of trendy dogmas and fashionable attitudes."

"The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows."

"There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes."

"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity."

"Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping."

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."