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.
In Hollywood, not to have an analyst is virtually an admission of failure.
The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperon.
One face to the world, another at home - makes for misery.
Breakfast is the one meal at which it is permissible to read the paper.
Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.