Where the hostess is handsome the wine is good. – French Proverb
People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. – French Proverb

Where the hostess is handsome the wine is good. – French Proverb
People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. – French Proverb
Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogether, then inarticulate, and then drunk. When we had reached the last step of this glorious ladder, it was difficult to get down again without stumbling. – George Gordon, Lord Byron