Yes, etiquette is hypocritical. Yes, it does inhibit children - if you're lucky. But the idea that it's elitist and irrelevant is like saying language is elitist and irrelevant.

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.

Can we ever see the truth when desire blinds us? Or do we call it the truth because it is what we wish to see?

They will need you to put the right books in their hands, book in which they can lose themselves and books in which they can find themselves.

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be "consistent."

The future is not a gift-it is an achievement.

Repeat after me. I promise not to run outside of the house. I promise not to run inside of the house. I promise not to touch, pick up, step on, anything that looks interesting.

Sometimes you think you know things, know things very deeply, only to realize you don't know a damn thing.

... such speculation is like staring into the hot white sun. you know the sun is there but you can't see a thing.

If you hire relatives, you'll have a payroll that won't quit.

Work ends up dehumanizing people.

I quite enjoy a high-waisted cotton panty.