Things My Mother Taught Me

To be polite, very polite: listen when I am spoken to, say hello and goodbye to guests, excuse myself from a conversation if needed, wait patiently for others and never cause a fuss.

Lives of great men remind us,
We can make our lives sublime
And departing leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time

from The Brown Book
- H.W. Longfellow -