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

The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperon.

In Hollywood, not to have an analyst is virtually an admission of failure.

I have no use for people who exhibit manners.

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

When we learn to give thanks, we are learning to concentrate not on the bad things, but on the good things in our lives.

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.