Training A Child Is Exactly Like Training

Alas! It Is True: "be Polite To Bores And So Shall You Have Bores Always Round About You."

Ideal Conversation Must Be An Exchange Of Thought, And Not, As Many Of Those Who Worry Most About Their Shortcomings Believe, An Eloquent Exhibition Of Wit Or Oratory.

Never Do Anything That Is Unpleasant To Others.

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.

Houses Without Personality Are A Series Of Walled Enclosures With Furniture Standing Around In Them. Other Houses Are Filled With Things Of Little Intrinsic Value, Even With Much That Is Shabby And Yet They Have That Inviting Atmosphere.