Children are all more or less little monkeys in that they imitate everything they see. If their mother treats them exactly as she does her visitors they in turn play "visitor" to perfection. Nothing hurts the feelings of children more than not being allowed to behave like grown persons when they think they are able.

Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is better than none.

To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business.

Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.

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

To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment--are all the blackest of black lies.

The honor of a gentleman demands the inviolability of his word, and the incorruptibility of his principles. He is the descendent of the knight, the crusader; he is the defender of the defenseless and the champion of justice--or he is not a gentleman.