To Make A Pleasant And Friendly Impression

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.

In Popular Houses Where Visitors Like To Go Again And Again, There Is Always A Happy Combination Of Some Attention On The Part Of The Hostess And The Perfect Freedom Of The Guests To Occupy Their Time As They Choose.

Houses Without Personality Are A Series Of Walled Enclosures With Furniture Standing Around In Them. Other Houses Are Filled With Things Of Little Intrinsic Value, Even With Much That Is Shabby And Yet They Have That Inviting Atmosphere.

Manners Are A Sensitive Awareness Of The Feelings Of Others.

There Is No Reason Why You Should Be Bored When You Can Be Otherwise. But If You Find Yourself Sitting In The Hedgerow With Nothing But Weeds, There Is No Reason For Shutting Your Eyes And Seeing Nothing, Instead Of Finding What Beauty You May In The Weeds. To Put It Cynically, Life Is Too Short To Waste It In Drawing Blanks. Therefore, It Is Up To You To Find As Many Pictures To Put On Your Blank Pages As Possible.