When Virtues Are Pointed Out

You Can Deny All You Want That There Is Etiquette, And A Lot Of People Do In Everyday Life. But If You Behave In A Way That Offends The People You're Trying To Deal With, They Will Stop Dealing With You...there Are Plenty Of People Who Say, 'we Don't Care About Etiquette, But We Can't Stand The Way So-and-so Behaves, And We Don't Want Him Around!' Etiquette Doesn't Have The Great Sanctions That The Law Has. But The Main Sanction We Do Have Is In Not Dealing With These People And Isolating Them Because Their Behavior Is Unbearable.

You Should Resolve Not To Seek Public Approval Of Your Private Business, When You Are Not Also Prepared To Accept Public Disapproval.

There Is Nothing Like A Good Friend To Help You Out When You Are Not In Trouble.

Like Language, A Code Of Manners Can Be Used With More Or Less Skill, For Laudable Or For Evil Purposes, To Express A Great Variety Of Ideas And Emotions. In Itself, It Carries No Moral Value, But Ignorance In Use Of This Tool Is Not A Sign Of Virtue.

When Someone Has Tried To Please You, It Is Rude, As Well As Disheartening, To Respond By Announcing That The Effort Was A Failure.