There is nothing in the world like health. Live cleanly, and the high thinking will look after itself - or at least won't matter. Physical condition - there's nothing like it. Elizabeth Bibesco cleanlyconditionhealth Change image and share on social
To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we are playing. Elizabeth Bibesco castlivepart Change image and share on social
There is something very independent about French balloons - you feel you couldn't make a pet of one. Elizabeth Bibesco balloonfeelfrench Change image and share on social
I do not know at what moment in life, if ever, we realise that we are neither George Sands nor Juliets. Of course, if we are not beautiful, we recognise early that beauty is nothing. Elizabeth Bibesco beautifulbeautyearly Change image and share on social
It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully. Elizabeth Bibesco difficultgracefullygrass Change image and share on social
It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room. Elizabeth Bibesco doorenterman Change image and share on social
Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting. Elizabeth Bibesco admitdangerousdifficult Change image and share on social
What is it one yearns for? It is to be able to do a thing for the first time again. And that is impossible. Elizabeth Bibesco impossiblethingtime Change image and share on social
The half-hour of crowded anticipation, how fully it pays for the sterile hour that follows! Elizabeth Bibesco anticipationcrowdfully Change image and share on social
Oh, youth is a wicked, cruel thing - eating miracles with its breakfast and not knowing they are not porridge. Elizabeth Bibesco breakfastcrueleat Change image and share on social
