Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

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

Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.

If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don't nurse your bruises. Get up, and light-heartedly, courageously, good-temperedly, get ready for the next encounter.

In popular houses where visitors like to go again and again, there is always a happy combination of some attention on the part of the hostess and the perfect freedom of the guests to occupy their time as they choose.

An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.

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