Only those who have earned leisure know how to use it profitably.

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.

don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer.

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.

Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.

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.