Civilized life begins with a boiled egg sitting upright in an egg cup. - Judith Martin

It reminds her of those dreadful sorts who used to go around announcing “I’m a people person,” as though one had another choice.

It is a general rule to err on the side of formality rather than of intimacy.

Miss Manners remembers who should be introduced to whom, but then she also remembers the difference between “who” and “whom.” The formula is simple: One introduces inferiors to their superiors. Thus, gentlemen are introduced to ladies, young people to old, unranked ones to those of exalted stature and your own relatives to everyone else.