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

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.

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.

If you tell a friend a secret, she will keep the secret by telling only one other person.

If justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity.

The truth is sometimes lost in translation when the facts are not understood

Horace Greeley pursues temperance to extravagance." Lord Acton

Too late. I’ve already seen the blush. Stop trying to hide it from me. I think it’s adorable.

You must raise your aspirations, set higher goals, and make detailed plans to achieve them.

Good men make good rhinoceroses, unfortunately.

What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt Held in cohesion by unresting cells, Which work they know not why, which never halt, Myself unwitting where their Master dwells?

I have a dream, and a plan, to combine the commercial possibilities of Valentine's Day with the substance and meaning of black history month. I call it: Blackentine's Day.

Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others.

If you ever can bring about revolutionary changes, two things would be required: young people would have to be involved and you would need music.