Elbows Are Never Put On The Table

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.

One Very Great Annoyance In Open Air Gatherings Is Cigar Smoke When Blown Directly In One's Face Or Worse Yet The Smoke From A Smouldering Cigar. It Is Almost Worthy Of A Study In Air Currents To Discover Why With Plenty Of Space All Around, A Tiny Column Of Smoke Will Make Straight For The Nostrils Of The Very One Most Nauseated By It!

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.

Excepting A Religious Ceremonial, There Is No Occasion Where Greater Dignity Of Manner Is Required Of Ladies And Gentlemen Both, Than In Occupying A Box At The Opera. For A Gentleman Especially No Other Etiquette Is So Exacting.

Jealousy Is The Suspicion Of One's Own Inferiority.