Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved. — Emily Post Etiquette Copy Share Image
No rule of etiquette is of less importance than which fork we use. — Emily Post Cooking Copy Share Image
A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her. — Emily Post Asks Copy Share Image
A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one. — Emily Post Justice Copy Share Image
Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life. — Emily Post Attitude Copy Share Image
Never say "Au revoir" unless you have been talking French, or are speaking to a French person. — Emily Post Has beens Copy Share Image
Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note… — Emily Post Awkward Copy Share Image
The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence… — Emily Post Beauty Copy Share Image
Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned. — Emily Post Certain Copy Share Image
To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment--are all the blackest of black… — Emily Post Black Copy Share Image
Never take more than your share - whether of the road in driving your car, of chairs on a boat or seats… — Emily Post Boat Copy Share Image
If God had intended for women to wear slacks, He would have constructed them differently. — Emily Post Ifs Copy Share Image
Nothing appeals to children more than justice, and they should be taught in the nursery to "play fair" in games, to respect… — Emily Post Appeals Copy Share Image
The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor. If you know any one who is gay, beguiling and… — Emily Post Amusing Copy Share Image
Excepting a religious ceremonial, there is no occasion where greater dignity of manner is required of ladies and gentlemen both, than in… — Emily Post Boxes Copy Share Image
Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great… — Emily Post Acquire Copy Share Image
She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not switch herself this way and that; she… — Emily Post Being a woman Copy Share Image
If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don't nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready… — Emily Post Body Copy Share Image
The letter we all love to receive is one that carries so much of the writer’s personality that she seems to be… — Emily Post Carpet Copy Share Image
To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a 'home' might be added the modern supplement… — Emily Post Accepted Copy Share Image
To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment-are all the blackest of black… — Emily Post Black Copy Share Image
People who picnic along the public highway leaving a clutter of greasy paper and swill (not a pretty name, but neither is… — Emily Post Breeding Copy Share Image
There is no reason why you should be bored when you can be otherwise. But if you find yourself sitting in the… — Emily Post Beauty Copy Share Image
Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner… — Emily Post Attitude Copy Share Image
One very great annoyance in open air gatherings is cigar smoke when blown directly in one's face or worse yet the smoke… — Emily Post Air Copy Share Image
The fact that slang is apt and forceful makes its use irresistibly tempting. Coarse or profane slang is beside the mark, but… — Emily Post Blue Copy Share Image
“Persons under the shock of genuine affliction are not only upset mentally but are all unbalanced physically. No matter how calm and… — Emily Post Emotional people Copy Share Image
Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes - in other words, essential! — Emily Post Bread Copy Share Image
"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette. — Emily Post Book Copy Share Image
An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it. — Emily Post Coffee Copy Share Image
Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them. — Emily Post Doe Copy Share Image
