Learn Graceful Ways Of Saying No And

The Family Dinner Table Is The Cornerstone Of Civilization And Those Who 'graze' From Refrigerators Or In Front Of The Television Sets Are Doomed To Remain In A State Of Savagery.

[after The Death Of A Loved One] It Is When There Is Nothing More To Be Done That The Reality Of The Loss Often Hits With Full Force.

People Say When You're In Love, You Don't Need Etiquette. Well, You Need It Then More Than Anything. Or They Say, "at Home I Can Just Be Myself." What They Mean Is They Can Be Their Worst Selves... They Always Mean They Will Save All Their Anxiety About How To Behave For Somebody Like The Head Waiter Of A Restaurant, Someone They'll Never See Again.

People Will Say, 'seventy Isn't Old, It's Middle-aged,' And I Think, Middle Of What - 140?

The Challenge Of Manners Is Not So Much To Be Nice To Someone Whose Favor And/or Person You Covet (although More People Need To Be Reminded Of That Necessity Than One Would Suppose) As To Be Exposed To The Bad Manners Of Others Without Imitating Them.