Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens.

Houses without personality are a series of walled enclosures with furniture standing around in them. Other houses are filled with things of little intrinsic value, even with much that is shabby and yet they have that inviting atmosphere.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.

Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.

The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor. If you know any one who is gay, beguiling and amusing, you will, if you are wise, do everything you can to make him prefer your house and your table to any other; for where he is, the successful party is also.

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.

If God had intended for women to wear slacks, He would have constructed them differently.