Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.

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

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.

One face to the world, another at home - makes for misery.

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

Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.

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