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.

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.

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

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.

A gentleman does not boast about his junk.

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

Alas! it is true: "Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you."