The idea that people can behave naturally, without resorting to an artificial code tacitly agreed upon by their society, is as silly as the idea that they can communicate by a spoken language without commonly accepted semantic and grammatical rules.

Smart people duck when they hear the dread announcement 'I'm going to be perfectly honest with you.

Miss Manners does not mind explaining the finer points of gracious living, but she feels that anyone without the sense to pick up a potato chip and stuff it in their face should probably not be running around loose on the streets.

When people start hurling insults at you, you know their minds are closed and there's no point in debating. You disengage yourself as quickly as possible from the situation.

If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.

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