Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.

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.

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

An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.

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.

Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens.