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

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.

Email is very informal, a memo. But I find that not signing off or not having a salutation bothers me.

When the atmosphere encourages learning, the learning is inevitable.

Aphrodite: Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.Percy: But... I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean.

There's bad people since the beginning of time. Literally one of the first four human beings was someone who killed somebody. So that's never going to change, unfortunately.

It's hard not to get down on the government when you see dysfunction play out on our TVs every day. Frankly, sometimes at every level of government.

If temperance prevails, then education can prevail; if temperance fails, then education must fail.

I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God-- Lifting the soul from the common clod To a purer air and a broader view.

They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.

Isolation is a blind alley....Nothing on the planet grows except by convergence.

Presuasion is what you say immediately before you deliver your message that leverages your success tremendously.

History is rooted in the future