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

Women have to be a lot smarter and brighter and have to work a lot harder to prepare themselves. They have to watch what they do and how they behave. It's not a free world yet.

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

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?

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

if the right man does not come along, there are many fates far worse. One is to have the wrong man come along.

Finally ... You have accomplished your mission in going there tonight - you were 'seen,' and you furnished your host and hostess with the sincerest proof of your great love and friendship for them - you endured their cocktail party.