Etiquette enables you to resolve conflict without just trading insults. Without etiquette, the irritations in modern life are so abrasive that you see people turning to the law to regulate everyday behavior. This frightens me; it's a major inroad on our basic freedoms.

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.

Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.

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.

A lot of men got upset at the feminist movement because they had all the toys and we wanted some.

We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

The one prediction that never comes true is, 'You'll thank me for telling you this.