Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.

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

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

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."

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

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