You don't want to work so hard that you can't enjoy your guests.
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I definitely feel like I'm at that point where it's nice to not have to sit at home and wait to be invited to the party, but to be creating work for yourself.
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them - which of course you have!
Hosting is work. It means you don't get to go up to your room and disappear and take a nap. Like everybody else does after lunch. I'm talking about hosting, not hosting a dinner party, but hosting people staying in your home.
One sometimes feels a guest of one's time and not a member of its household.
I don't want to work all of the time.
There's no pleasure in working if you don't do the things you want to do.
You have to always remember who your guest is, and that's who we cater to.
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
Make your free men and guests sit as far as possible at tables on either side, not four here and three there.
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