Should you happen to notice that another person is extremely tall or overweight, eats too much or declines convivial drinks, has red hair or goes about in a wheelchair, ought to get married or ought not to be pregnant -- see if you can refrain from bringing these astonishing observations to that person's attention.

Washington knows that it is not safe to kick people who are down until you find out what their next stop will be.

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

the obligation to express gratitude deepens with procrastination. The longer you wait, the more effusive must be the thanks.

Screening telephone calls with a receptionist or the humbler answering machine is not a dishonorable thing to do. The warmest people in the world still need uninterrupted time to attend to their lives and should not be outwitted if they have made it obvious that they are not always available upon summons.

A small wedding is not necessarily one to which very few people are invited. It is one to which the person you are addressing is not invited.

We have the reverse of the Puritan work ethic in America now. No one ever becomes a star by plugging along year after year. What is needed is flair, talent, 'an eye,' contacts, charisma, and, most of all, naturalness.