Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.

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.

It is a law of the story-teller's art that he does not tell a story. It is the listener who tells it. The story-teller does but provide him with the stimuli.

We offer up prayers to God only because we have made Him after our own image. We treat Him like a Pasha or a Sultan who is capable of being exasperated and appeased.

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

The church which is not a missionary church will be a missing church when Jesus comes.

Congress should know how to levy taxes, and if it doesn't know how to collect them, then a man is a fool to pay the taxes.

I don't know a family that isn't touched by some sort of addiction.

One of the most difficult tasks confronting philosophers is to descend from the world of thought to the actual world.

I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.

America is deeply rooted in Negro culture: its colloquialisms; its humor; its music.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.