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.

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.

You stop believing in wishes when the only one you want to make can never come true.

It isn't for the moment you are stuck that you need courage but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security.

IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

The will to power can express itself only against resistances; it seeks that which resists it--this is the native tendency of theamoeba when it extends its pseudopodia and gropes around.

I've braved the red carpet when I didn't feel comfortable, and when I look at the pictures, it always shows!

I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.

I think shorter books are going to become more and more of the trend. So I don't think you have to write big, big, long books.

But I don't care what Megan Fox or Jessica Biel say: There are definite advantages to being the hottest girl on the planet. Number one was that I got paid for it. A lot.

Do not think that it is possible to repeat another period.

No matter how confused or deluded we may be at the moment, the underlying and essential nature of our being is clear and pure