The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor. — Emily Post Happiness Copy Share Image
Children are all more or less little monkeys in that they imitate everything they see. If their mother treats them exactly as… — Emily Post Able 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
A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her. — Emily Post Asks Copy Share Image
Alas! it is true: "Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you." — Emily Post Alas 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
The fault of bad taste is usually in over-dressing. Quality not effect, is the standard to seek for. — Emily Post Bad taste 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
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 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
Never say "Au revoir" unless you have been talking French, or are speaking to a French person. — Emily Post Has beens Copy Share Image
Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens. — Emily Post Annoyance 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
Never so long as you live, write a letter to a man - no matter who he is - that you would… — Emily Post Ashamed Copy Share Image
The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the generous hospitality… — Emily Post Enjoy Copy Share Image
Rather be frumpy than vulgar! Much. Frumps are often celebrities in disguise -- but a person of vulgar appearance is vulgar all… — Emily Post Appearance 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
The honor of a gentleman demands the inviolability of his word, and the incorruptibility of his principles. He is the descendent of… — Emily Post Champion Copy Share Image
