If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don’t nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready for the next encounter. This is the only way to take life – this is also ‘playing’ the game!
Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.
Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.
Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.
Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is better than none.
Nothing appeals to children more than justice, and they should be taught in the nursery to “play fair” in games, to respect each other’s property and rights, to give credit to others, and not to take too much credit to themselves.
To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not only good manners, but equally good business.
The honor of a gentleman demands the inviolability of his word, and the incorruptibility of his principles. He is the descendent of the knight, the crusader; he is the defender of the defenseless and the champion of justice – or he is not a gentleman.
The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S’s: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity.
An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.
A gentleman should never take his hat off with a flourish.
Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes – in other words, essential!
The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor. If you know any one who is gay, beguiling and amusing, you will, if you are wise, do everything you can to make him prefer your house and your table to any other; for where he is, the successful party is also.
Never take more than your share – whether of the road in driving your car, of chairs on a boat or seats on a train, or food at the table.
A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.
Manner is personality – the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.
A gentleman does not boast about his junk.
Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once they are acquired is a Herculean task.
The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor.
Never say “Au revoir” unless you have been talking French, or are speaking to a French person.