Elsa Maxwell Quotes

People Who Have Escaped From Poverty Are Like Old Soldiers. In Later Years They Recount The Little, Amusing Incidents That Happened Infrequently, And Conveniently Forget The Long, Unrelieved Stretches Of Misery And Boredom.

Don't Try For Wit. Settle For Humor. You'll Last Longer.

[on The British Museum:] It Was Manifestly Impossible To Read All The Books In That Huge, Gloomy Structure, But I Made A Good Try And Accumulated A Fund Of Useless Information Guaranteed To Cast A Pall Over Any Dinner Table.

The Loudest Psalm Singer In The Congregation Always Is A Reformed Sinner.

The Cocktail Party Is Easily The Worst Invention Since Castor Oil

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.

Only Those Who Have Earned Leisure Know How To Use It Profitably.

Cocktails Are Society's Most Enduring Invention!

Etiquette-a Fancy Word For Simple Kindness.

Intolerance Of Mediocrity Has Been The Main Prop Of My Independence.

Most Rich People Are The Poorest People I Know.

To Get Fifty People To A Cocktail Party In New York, You Ask One Hundred. In Hollywood, You Invite Twenty.