"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.
A gentleman should never take his hat off with a flourish.
Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes - in other words, essential!
A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.
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.
Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is not to let it acquire bad habits that must afterward be broken.