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.

Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them.

Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.

The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

To be a good sportsman, one must be a stoic and never show rancor in defeat, or triumph in victory, or irritation, no matter what annoyance is encountered. One who can not help sulking, or explaining, or protesting when the loser, or exulting when the winner, has no right to take part in games or contests.

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