The Way One Was Brought Up Isn't

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.

Life Is Full Of Wonderful Passions That Come And Go Over The Years, But The Only One That Will Never Let You Down Is Reading.

What Is Thanksgiving Without A Nutty Relative?

Etiquette Is About All Of Human Social Behavior. Behavior Is Regulated By Law When Etiquette Breaks Down Or When The Stakes Are High - Violations Of Life, Limb, Property And So On. Barring That, Etiquette Is A Little Social Contract We Make That We Will Restrain Some Of Our More Provocative Impulses In Return For Living More Or Less Harmoniously In A Community.

People, In Forming Their Opinions Of Others, Are Usually Lazy Enough To Go By Whatever Is Most Obvious Or Whatever Chance Remark They Happen To Hear. So The Best Policy Is To Dictate To Others The Opinion You Want Them To Have Of You.