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

Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If we have a social formula to guide us and do not have to extemporize, we feel better able to handle life.

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 speak of repulsive matters at table.

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

Parents must get across the idea that "I love you always, but sometimes I do not love your behavior."

Only a great fool or a great genius is likely to flout all social grace with impunity, and neither one, doing so, makes the most comfortable companion.