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

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

To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.

The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the generous hospitality of the hosts.

The fault of bad taste is usually in over-dressing. Quality not effect, is the standard to seek for.

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

Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating.