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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.