Washington Knows That It Is Not Safe

Perhaps The Greatest Rudenesses Of Our Time Come Not From The Callousness Of Strangers, But From The Solicitousness Of Intimates Who Believe That Their Frank Criticisms Are Always Welcome, And Who Feel Free To "be Themselves" With Those They Love, Which Turns Out To Mean Being Their Worst Selves, While Saving Their Best Behavior For Strangers.

The Obligation To Express Gratitude Deepens With Procrastination. The Longer You Wait, The More Effusive Must Be The Thanks.

Manners Require Showing Consideration Of All Human Beings, Not Just The Ones To Whom One Is Close.

Hypocrisy Is Not Generally A Social Sin, But A Virtue.

Honesty Is A Virtue, But Not The Only One. If You're In A Courtroom You Need The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth; In The Living Room, Sometimes You Need Anything But. Often.