Rather be frumpy than vulgar! Much. Frumps are often celebrities in disguise -- but a person of vulgar appearance is vulgar all through.

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

A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her.

Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations.

Unconsciousness of self is not so much unselfishness as it is the mental ability to extinguish all thought of one's self - exactly as one turns out the light.

No rule of etiquette is of less importance than which fork we use.

Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.