The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity..

Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations..

Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette..

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 ….

It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic..

Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality - the outwar….

Houses without personality are a series of walled enclosures with furniture standing around in them. Other houses are filled with things of little in….

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor..

To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business..

A gentleman does not boast about his junk..

The only occasion when the traditions of courtesy permit a hostess to help herself before a woman guest is when she has reason to believe the food is….

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….

Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority..

"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette..

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use..

To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment--are all the blackest of black lies..

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..

If God had intended for women to wear slacks, He would have constructed them differently..

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 c….

A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her..

Children are all more or less little monkeys in that they imitate everything they see. If their mother treats them exactly as she does her visitors t….