To Do Exactly As Your Neighbors Do

Etiquette Requires The Presumption Of Good Until The Contrary Is Proved.

Any Child Can Be Taught To Be Beautifully Behaved With No Effort Greater Than Quiet Patience And Perseverance, Whereas To Break Bad Habits Once They Are Acquired Is A Herculean Task.

A Gentleman Should Never Take His Hat Off With A Flourish.

To Tell A Lie In Cowardice, To Tell A Lie For Gain, Or To Avoid Deserved Punishment--are All The Blackest Of Black Lies.

Custom Is A Mutable Thing; Yet We Readily Recognize The Permanence Of Certain Social Values. Graciousness And Courtesy Are Never Old-fashioned.