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

Unconsciousness of self is not so much unselfishness as it is the mental ability to extinguish all thought of one's self - exactly as one turns out the light.

Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.

A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her.

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

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

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.