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.
Elsa MaxwellGood manners - the longer I live the more convinced I am of it - are a priceless insurance against failure and loneliness. And anyone can have them.
Elsa MaxwellGiving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.
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