Elbows Are Never Put On The Table

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.

Never So Long As You Live, Write A Letter To A Man - No Matter Who He Is - That You Would Be Ashamed To See In A Newspaper Above Your Signature.

"keep Your Hands To Yourself!" Might Almost Be Put At The Head Of The First Chapter Of Every Book On Etiquette.

Rather Be Frumpy Than Vulgar! Much. Frumps Are Often Celebrities In Disguise -- But A Person Of Vulgar Appearance Is Vulgar All Through.

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 Outward Manifestation Of One's Innate Character And Attitude Toward Life.... Etiquette Must, If It Is To Be Of More Than Trifling Use, Include Ethics As Well As Manners. Certainly What One Is, Is Of Far Greater Importance Than What One Appears To Be.