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Annie Randall White
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“Courtesy should begin at home, like charity, but neither should end there.”
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“An occasional pun can be forgiven, in good society, but the man or woman who makes one on every other word is a nuisance, and the soul will rise up in arms against the infliction.”
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“It is no longer a supposition, but is a fixed fact, that the excessive use of tobacco in any form is detrimental to the health.”
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“Do not whistle in the street cars or in a room, or in the elevator or in fact anywhere when you are in the presence of others. There are professionals who make their living by whistling. You are not one of those.”