I spent my 20s trying to convince the world of my intelligence, sophistication, and savoir-faire -- at work and in the bedroom.
It was the savoir-faire of a great lady.
And as the old sharper admires the "savoir-faire" of his young friend, the latter observes, not without scorn, that they belong to two very different categories of sharpers.
Perhaps no one better represents the true precieuse of the seventeenth century, the happy blending of social savoir-faire with an amiable temper and a cultivated intellect.
