Never engross the whole conversation to yourself. Say as little of yourself and friends as possible.

Always look people in the face when addressing them, and generally when they address you.

Make it a rule never to accuse without due consideration any body or association of men.

Good-breeding is opposed to selfishness, vanity, or pride. Never weary your company by talking too long or too frequently.

When you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.

Edward Smith: What do you think is the characteristic of a really nice person? Some people you obviously do like more than others. Andy Warhol: Ummm, well, if …

Unforced, as conversation passed, he had the talent of saluting felicitously every theme, of listening like a judge-supreme while serious topics were disputing…