Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.

A gentleman should never take his hat off with a flourish.

Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.

To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a 'home' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation.

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

Alas! it is true: "Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you."

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity.