Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations.

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity.

Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.

One very great annoyance in open air gatherings is cigar smoke when blown directly in one's face or worse yet the smoke from a smouldering cigar. It is almost worthy of a study in air currents to discover why with plenty of space all around, a tiny column of smoke will make straight for the nostrils of the very one most nauseated by it!

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

Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes - in other words, essential!

Never do anything that is unpleasant to others.