Whenever Two People Come Together

To Do Exactly As Your Neighbors Do Is The Only Sensible Rule.

To Be A Good Sportsman, One Must Be A Stoic And Never Show Rancor In Defeat, Or Triumph In Victory, Or Irritation, No Matter What Annoyance Is Encountered. One Who Can Not Help Sulking, Or Explaining, Or Protesting When The Loser, Or Exulting When The Winner, Has No Right To Take Part In Games Or Contests.

The Joy Of Joys Is The Person Of Light But Unmalicious Humor. If You Know Any One Who Is Gay, Beguiling And Amusing, You Will, If You Are Wise, Do Everything You Can To Make Him Prefer Your House And Your Table To Any Other; For Where He Is, The Successful Party Is Also.

Children Are All More Or Less Little Monkeys In That They Imitate Everything They See. If Their Mother Treats Them Exactly As She Does Her Visitors They In Turn Play "visitor" To Perfection. Nothing Hurts The Feelings Of Children More Than Not Being Allowed To Behave Like Grown Persons When They Think They Are Able.

Elbows Are Never Put On The Table While One Is Eating.