Dartmouth Winter Carnival opens, proving once again that bitter cold is no obstacle to going completely out of control.

Preppy clothes are built to last, since they certainly won't go out of style.

Wool, cotton, and the odd bits of silk and cashmere are the only acceptable materials for Prep clothes. They look better. They require professional maintenance. They are more expensive.

You can't regret what you can't remember.

Cynicism is more than a pose; it's also a handy time saver. By deflating your companion's enthusiasm, you can cut conversations in half.

In a true democracy everyone can be upper class and live in Connecticut.

A tip: if you're invited to your friend's country club to go the lost and found bin and pretend that you left something there. Next thing you know, you have a fabulous sweater.

Sarcasm mascarades as the Preppy's sense of humor.

Like everything else, Preppiness begins in the home.

It is the inalienable right of every man, woman, and child to wear khaki.

The University of Miami is not a campus with visible school spirit, just visible tan lines.

Get around people who are trying to make a difference in the world. Iron sharpens iron.

Let your heart be filled with passionate love that compelled Christ to give his life to you

In order to live in the reality of your God's given destiny, you must consistently guard your mind against all self-defeating thoughts.

So long as they speak your name, you shall never die.

The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law.

Life's always changing. We always are being called to adapt.

The future is in the hands of those who explore... and from all the beauty they discover while crossing perpetually receding frontiers, they develop for nature and for humankind an infinite love.

I hike and make sure everything I eat is organic.

He shimmered out, and I sat up in bed with that rather unpleasant feeling you get sometimes that you're going to die in about five minutes.

They wrote that I'd gained 30 pounds over the summer and lost it in a week because I was dating three guys at once!