Letitia Baldrige quotes:

The perfect classroom is Paris.

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

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.

There are major C.E.O.'s who do not know how to hold a knife and fork properly, but I don't worry about that as much as the lack of kindness.

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

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

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.

For every rude executive who makes it to the top, there are nine successful executives with good manners.

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

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.