The Most Conventional Statements Are Both True

You Don't Want To Look Too Chic At A Washington Party Or People Will Think You Don't Have A Job Worth Losing.

Chaperons, Even In Their Days Of Glory, Were Almost Never Able To Enforce Morality; What They Did Was To Force Immorality To Be Discreet. This Is No Small Contribution.

A Young Lady Is A Female Child Who Has Just Done Something Dreadful.

Society Cannot Exist Without Etiquette ... It Never Has, And Until Our Own Century, Everybody Knew That.

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.