Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.

Anatomize the character of a successful hostess and the knife will lay bare the fact that she owes her position to one of three things: either she is liked, or she is feared, or she is important.

What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always anxious to be seen talking to you.

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.

Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.

Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.

The secret of my success is that no woman has ever been jealous of me.