A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

Crises are challenges, not calamities.

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be