Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.

It doesn't matter whether the bride or the bridegroom writes the letters of thanks for wedding presents provided that these go out immediately after the arrival of each present and are not in the handwriting of the bride's mother.

Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.

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

There was no singles problem until singles got so single-minded that they stopped wasting time with anyone ineligible. Before that, it was understood that one of society's main tasks was matchmaking. People with lifelong friendships and ties to local nonprofessional organizations did not have to fear that isolation would accompany retirement, old age, or losing a spouse. Overburdened householders could count on the assistance not only of their own extended families, but of the American tradition of neighborliness.

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

Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace.