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.
Elsa MaxwellSeeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.
Elsa MaxwellSomeone has said that life itself is a party: you join after it's started and you leave before it's finished.
Elsa Maxwell