Dishonesty is not the only alternative to honesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue of shutting up.

- Judith Martin

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

- Judith Martin

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

- Judith Martin

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

- Judith Martin

We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them.

- Judith Martin

It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

- Judith Martin

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

- Judith Martin

Perhaps the greatest rudenesses of our time come not from the callousness of strangers, but from the solicitousness of intimates who believe that the…

- Judith Martin

Do you have a kinder, more adaptable friend in the food world than soup? Who soothes you when you are ill? Who refuses to leave you when you are impo…

- Judith Martin