Emily Post
Emily Post
Emily Postwas an American author famous for writing about etiquette...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth27 October 1872
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
gentleman hats hats-off
A gentleman should never take his hat off with a flourish.
wise party gay
The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor. If you know any one who is gay, beguiling and amusing, you will, if you are wise, do everything you can to make him prefer your house and your table to any other; for where he is, the successful party is also.
shoes bread hats
Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes - in other words, essential!
car tables driving
Never take more than your share - whether of the road in driving your car, of chairs on a boat or seats on a train, or food at the table.
attitude character personality
Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.
etiquette presumption contrary
Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.
character talking personality
The letter we all love to receive is one that carries so much of the writer’s personality that she seems to be sitting beside us, looking at us directly and talking just as she really would, could she have come on a magic carpet, instead of sending her proxy in ink-made characters on mere paper.
gentleman doe junk
A gentleman does not boast about his junk.
neighbor sensible
To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.
perseverance children effort
Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once they are acquired is a Herculean task.
elbows tables eating
Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating.
book hands might
"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.
talking persons has-beens
Never say "Au revoir" unless you have been talking French, or are speaking to a French person.
writing men long
Never so long as you live, write a letter to a man - no matter who he is - that you would be ashamed to see in a newspaper above your signature.