Emily Post

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a 'home' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation.

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.