68. "The scholar, without good breeding, is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic; the soldier, a brute; and every man disagreeable," says Chesterfield.
69. It is a breach of etiquette to betray an implied or involuntary confidence, even if you have not been bound to secresy.
70. Bishop Beveridge says: "Never speak of a man's virtues before his face, nor of his faults behind his back."
71. "In private, watch your thoughts; in your family, watch your temper; in society, watch your tongue."
72. "To arrive at the heart of true courtesy," says a modern writer, "separate the onld English titles for the well-bred; they were the gentle-man and gentle-woman."
73. It is better to live alone than in low company. If you cannot keep good company, keep none.
74. Sterne thus defines courtship: "True courtship consists in a number of quiet, gentlemanly attentions; not so pointed as to alarm, not so vague as to be misunderstood."
75. It is a breach of etiquette to enter a room noisily, slamming the door, or stamping heavily upon the floor.
76. It is a breach of etiquette to make violent or abrupt movements.
77. It is a breach of etiquette to neglect calling upon your friends. "Visiting," says a French writer, "forms the chord which binds society together, and it is so firmly tied that were the knot severed, society would perish."