To sacrifice the principles of manners, which require compassion and respect, and bat people over the head with their ignorance of etiquette rules they cannot be expected to know is both bad manners and poor etiquette. That social climbers and twits have misused etiquette throughout history should not be used as an argument for doing away with it.

One should not be assigned one's identity in society by the job slot one happens to fill. If we truly believe in the dignity of labor, any task can be performed with equal pride because none can demean the basic dignity of a human being.

A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful.

Nowadays, you form your beliefs to fit your behavior, not the other way around.

Greece is a good place for rebirths.

You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do

Life is full of wonderful passions that come and go over the years, but the only one that will never let you down is reading.