A small wedding is not necessarily one to which very few people are invited. It is one to which the person you are addressing is not invited.

Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards

If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.

It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

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.

Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.

We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.

part memory part distance remainingmine in the ways that I learn to miss you

I don’t want to write a book which will bring me fame for just an hour. I will try to write something which may not be very popular but it may last forever.

Friends will not only live in harmony but in melody.

I like generals. I think generals are terrific. You know, they go through schools and sort of end up at the top of the pyramid. And it's like a test.

Each of the ten thousand states of mind presents you with a different view of essence and experience.

We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences.

Don’t try to be anything but yourself, and find success as yourself. Otherwise, you won’t be happy.

If you keep circling the promise, God will ultimately deliver on it.

It is impossible for good or evil to last forever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted so long, the good must be now nigh at hand.

It's hard to convince a winner that he's losing.