Nothing spoils a good party like a genius.
Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.
don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer.
Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.
Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.
the wealthy ... live in marble mausoleums surrounded by the suspicions and neuroses that have replaced the medieval moats which once isolated so-called aristocrats from reality.