Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.

Great loves too must be endured.

I simply value Arthur Capel friendship. And even so, he knows very little about me.

A woman with good shoes i never ugly!

Wear perfume wherever you want to be kissed.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Some people pursue unhappiness because happiness is too mild a sensation.

A young lady ought to be two things: tasteful and breathtaking.

I remember confuting one of Westminster's favourite maxims, better the devil you know than the devil you don't. In the annals of popular wisdom, this is one of the most cretinous sayings I have come across.

Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style.

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

You can be gorgeous at thirty, charmimg at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.

There have been several Duchesses of Westminster but there is only one Chanel!

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

Beauty Should Begin in the Heart and Soul, otherwise cosmetics are useless.

Winston Churchill is a dandy and a visionary. Unfortunately, in winning wars, principles are inevitably debased. That's politics.

Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.

You live but once; you might as well be amusing.

When I find a colour darker than black, I'll wear it. But until then, I'm wearing black!

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.