A balanced guest list of mixed elements is to a successful party what the seasoning is to a culinary triumph.

the person talking to you never looks directly at you, but rather around the room, searching for the answer to the universal cocktail party question, 'Who's here tonight?

Good taste is synonymous with success in all fields of life. It's not a question of money, but of a trained eye.

there are two types of the male species of Homo sapiens: men, and Italian men.

The perfect classroom is Paris.

In Rome people seem to love with more zest, murder with more imagination, submit to creative urges more often, and lose the sense of logic more easily than in any other place.

There is no substitute for the riches gained on a lifetime basis by the young American who studies or works abroad.