A gentleman does not boast about his junk.

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.

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

Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.

Never so long as you live, write a letter to a man - no matter who he is - that you would be ashamed to see in a newspaper above your signature.

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

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