When Virtues Are Pointed Out

We Already Know That Anonymous Letters Are Despicable. In Etiquette, As Well As In Law, Hiring A Hit Man To Do The Job Does Not Relieve You Of Responsibility.

Society Cannot Exist Without Etiquette ... It Never Has, And Until Our Own Century, Everybody Knew That.

There Is No Etiquette Rule That Decrees One Must Give Out Personal Information To Anyone Who Asks.

Allowing An Unimportant Mistake To Pass Without A Comment Is A Wonderful Social Grace ... Children Who Have The Habit Of Constantly Correcting Should Be Stopped Before They Grow Up To Drive Spouses And Everyone Else Crazy By Interrupting Stories To Say, 'no, Dear -- It Was Tuesday, Not Wednesday.

In Its Natural State, The Child Tells The Literal Truth Because It Is Too Naive To Think Of Anything Else. Blurting Out The Complete Truth Is Considered Adorable In The Young, Right Smack Up To The Moment That The Child Says, 'mommy, Is This The Fat Lady You Can't Stand?