I have no use for people who exhibit manners.

Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.

The best-dressed women I know pay very little attention to the picayune aspects of fashion, but they have a sound understanding of style.

Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.

Everyone knows that a man can marry even if he reaches the age of 102, is penniless, and has all his facilities gone. There is always some woman willing to take a chance on him.

Breakfast is the one meal at which it is permissible to read the paper.

One face to the world, another at home - makes for misery.