An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

- Nancy Mitford

Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.

- Nancy Mitford

One's emotions are intensified in Paris—one can be more happy and also more unhappy here than in any other place. But it is always a positive source …

- Nancy Mitford

What is so nice & so unexpected about life is the way it improves as it goes along. I think you should impress this fact on your children because I t…

- Nancy Mitford

If one can't be happy, one must be amused.

- Nancy Mitford

Americans relate all effort, all work, and all of life itself to the dollar. Their talk is of nothing but dollars.

- Nancy Mitford

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.

- Nancy Mitford

Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.

- Nancy Mitford

If I had a girl I should say to her, 'Marry for love if you can, it won't last, but it is a very interesting experience and makes a good beginning in…

- Nancy Mitford