“Old women should not seek to be perfumed.”

“No, no; women, old or young, should never have to think about money.”

“Men give the same lines to different women for the same reason women wear the same perfume for different men; we all try the things that work.”

“How many powerful memories are triggered by smell and taste? Your mother’s old perfume, the smell your father’s breath, the taste of the soap they’d make you eat.”

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”

“Oh, God, children are children, old women are old women, and nothing in between. They can’t imagine a change they can’t see.”

“Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.”

“Coffe is the perfume of morning.”

“Why are women wearing perfumes that smell like flowers to attract men? Men don't like flowers. I have a great idea for a scent that will attract men — how about "New Car Interior?"”

“If in the guise of philosophers, they [declaim speeches] with a view to their own profit and reputation, and not to improve you, that indeed is shocking. For it is as if a physician when visiting patients should disregard their treatment and their restoration to health, and should bring them flowers and courtesans and perfume.”