When we got there, a servant girl came to the door, and the banker took off his hat, and bowed to the servant girl, and called her mademoiselle, as though she were a lady.

Now, the reason why the lower classes there are so polite is because the upper classes are polite and civil to them." A fine courtesy is a fortune in itself.

The good-mannered can do without riches, for they have passports everywhere.

All doors fly open to them, and they enter without money and without price.

They can enjoy nearly everything without the trouble of buying or owning.