London Society Quotes

Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.

Women in London are like the rich silks; they are out of fashion a great while before they wear out.

As a Londoner I was able to see how the world of power and money cast its shadow on those who failed.

The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.

Yes, she was a scandal. Her brother simply didn’t know it. “I fell in the Serpentine today.” “Yes, well, that doesn’t usually happen to women in London. But it’s not so much of a scandal as it is a challenge.

The London season is like one of those Drury Lane melodramas in which marriage is always the ending. And no one ever seems to give any thought as to what happens after. But marriage isn’t the end of the story it’s the beginning. And it demands the efforts of both partners to make a success of it.

London is a city of clubs and private houses. You have to be a member.

Vicars, MPS and lawyers were amont those who considered me to be the best hostess in London.

In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.

Oh, I love London Society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what Society should be.

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They look so thoroughly unhappy.

I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it.

If you lived in London, where the whole system is one of false good-fellowship, and you may know a man for twenty years without finding out that he hates you like poison, you would soon have your eyes opened. There we do unkind things in a kind way: we say bitter things in a sweet voice: we always give our friends chloroform when we tear them to pieces.

It occurs to me that cricket is not the true sport in London - gossip is.