To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.

quote by Emily Post
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

quote by Emily Post
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!

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.

quote by Emily Post
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!

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.

quote by Emily Post
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!

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.

quote by Emily Post
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!