It Is Said That Dispensing Advice Is

The Dinner Table Is The Center For The Teaching And Practicing Not Just Of Table Manners But Of Conversation, Consideration, Tolerance, Family Feeling, And Just About All The Other Accomplishments Of Polite Society Except The Minuet.

Email Is Very Informal, A Memo. But I Find That Not Signing Off Or Not Having A Salutation Bothers Me.

The Idea That People Can Behave Naturally, Without Resorting To An Artificial Code Tacitly Agreed Upon By Their Society, Is As Silly As The Idea That They Can Communicate By A Spoken Language Without Commonly Accepted Semantic And Grammatical Rules.

People Who Put Slipcovers, Doilies, Plastic Protectors, And Cellophane On Everything Good That They Own Rarely Live To See An Occasion So Good That All These Covers Are Removed.

Many People Mistakenly Think A New Technology Cancels Out An Old One.