The natural impulses of every thoroughbred include his sense of honor; his love of fair play and courage; his dislike of pretense and of cheapness.

Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating.

Never say "Au revoir" unless you have been talking French, or are speaking to a French person.

Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them.

Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once they are acquired is a Herculean task.

"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.

One very great annoyance in open air gatherings is cigar smoke when blown directly in one's face or worse yet the smoke from a smouldering cigar. It is almost worthy of a study in air currents to discover why with plenty of space all around, a tiny column of smoke will make straight for the nostrils of the very one most nauseated by it!