"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.
Emily PostCustom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.
Emily PostNever take more than your share - whether of the road in driving your car, of chairs on a boat or seats on a train, or food at the table.
Emily PostThe most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation.
Emily Post