What Is Thanksgiving Without A Nutty Relative?

You Don't Want To Look Too Chic At A Washington Party Or People Will Think You Don't Have A Job Worth Losing.

I Make A Distinction Between Manners And Etiquette - Manners As The Principles, Which Are Eternal And Universal, Etiquette As The Particular Rules Which Are Arbitrary And Different In Different Times, Different Situations, Different Cultures.

The Challenge Of Manners Is Not So Much To Be Nice To Someone Whose Favor And/or Person You Covet (although More People Need To Be Reminded Of That Necessity Than One Would Suppose) As To Be Exposed To The Bad Manners Of Others Without Imitating Them.

It Is One Of Miss Manners's Great Discoveries That One Needn't Contradict Others In Order To Set Them Straight.

A Small Wedding Is Not Necessarily One To Which Very Few People Are Invited. It Is One To Which The Person You Are Addressing Is Not Invited.