Meanwhile, The Empty Forms Of Social Behavior

Gentle Reader: You, Sir, Are An Anarchist, And Miss Manners Is Frightened To Have Anything To Do With You. It Is True That Questioning The Table Manners Of Others Is Rude. But To Overthrow The Accepted Conventions Of Society, On The Flimsy Grounds That You Have Found Them Silly, Inefficient And Discomforting, Is A Dangerous Step Toward Destroying Civilization.

There Are Three Social Classes In America: Upper Middle Class, Middle Class, And Lower Middle Class.

When Politeness Is Used To Show Up Other People, It Is Reclassified As Rudeness. Thus It Is Technically Impossible To Be Too Polite.

Hypocrisy Is Not Generally A Social Sin, But A Virtue.

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.