It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
If you can't be kind, at least be vague.
There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment, a mo...
DEAR MISS MANNERS:I a tired of being treated like a child. My father says it's because I am a child--I am twelve-and-a-half years old--but it still isn't fair. If I go into a store to buy something, n...
When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.
Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.
The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don't have to pay taxes - naturally, no one wants to live any other way.
Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.
A wedding invitation is sent by people who have been saying "Do we have to ask them?" to people whose first response is "How much do you think we have to spend on them?"
When you're in love you put up with things that when you're out of love you cite.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
The simple idea that everyone needs a reasonable amount of challenging work in his or her life and also a personal life complete with noncompetitive leisure has never really taken hold.
I am a traditionalist, and I'm an innovator. Most of what I do is to weigh change and legislate to the best of my ability on what should change and what should not. Do I have a respect for tradition?...
Freedom without rules doesn't work. And communities do not work unless they are regulated by etiquette.
We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.