» 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.
» To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.
» To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a ''home'' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation.
» Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.