Ward McAllister quotes:

A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.

The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements - people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts - are fatal.

There is but one season of the year when salmon should be served hot at a choice repast; that is in the spring and early summer, and even then it is too satisfying, nut sufficiently delicate. The man who gives salmon during the winter, I care not what sauce he serves with it, does an injury to himself and his guests.

A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.