not the slightest right to expect that the other should ever
speak to you.

If you wish to be introduced to a lady, you must always have
her consent previously asked; this formality it is not
necessary to observe in the case of gentlemen alone.

Presents are the gauge of friendship. They also serve to
increase it, and give it permanence.

Among friends presents ought to be made of things of small
value; or, if valuable, their worth should be derived from
the style of the workmanship, or from some accidental
circumstance, rather than from the inherent and solid
richness. Especially never offer to a lady a gift of great
cost: it is in the highest degree indelicate, and looks as if
you were desirous of placing her under an obligation to you,
and of buying her good will. The gifts made by ladies to
gentlemen are of the most refined nature possible: they
should be little articles not purchased, but deriving a
priceless value as being the offspring of their gentle skill;
a little picture from their pencil, or a trifle from their
needle.

To persons much your superiors, or gentlemen whom you do not
know intimately, there is but one species of appropriate
present--game.

If you make a present, and it is praised by the receiver, you
should not yourself commence undervaluing it. If one is