In a true democracy everyone can be upper class and live in Connecticut.

Always underdress. The goal is not to look as if you made an effort for the particular event. If you can dress for a different party (i.e., wear black tie to a cocktail party, or tennis clothes for lunch), so much the better. You give the impression of being much in demand.

If you tell a friend a secret, she will keep the secret by telling only one other person.

The University of Miami is not a campus with visible school spirit, just visible tan lines.

Looking, acting, and ultimately being Prep is not restricted to an elite minority lucky enough to attend prestigious private schools, just because an ancestor or two happened to arrive here on the Mayflower. You don't even have to be a registered Republican.

It is the inalienable right of every man, woman, and child to wear khaki.

Sarcasm mascarades as the Preppy's sense of humor.