Let it be said of you as it was said of Macaulay, that he remembered everything, "except an injury."
In making calls, do your best to lighten the infliction to your hostess. Do not stay long; and do not enter upon a subject of conversation which may terrify her with the apprehension that you intend to remain until you have exhausted it.
Do not give another, even if it be a better, version of a story already told by one of your companions.
The touchstone of good manners is the way in which a man behaves to his superiors or inferiors.
It is not proper for a gentleman to call upon a lady unless he has first received permission to do so.
It is not proper for a gentleman to wear his overshoes in the drawing-room.
A MORNING WALK.
Children or young people should never monopolize the most desirable positions and most comfortable chairs.