To create a pleasant, harmonious atmosphere, and at the
same time to make one's ideas carry conviction, one must talk with ease
and calm assurance.
Try to be naturally courteous and cordial in your speech. It is a
mistake to "wear your feelings on your sleeve" and resent everything that
everyone else says that does not please you. To become quickly excited,
to speak harshly and sarcastically is to sacrifice one's dignity and ease
of manner. Know what you want to say, be sure you understand it, and
when you say it, be open for criticisms or suggestions from those around
you. Do not become flustered and excited merely because someone else
does not agree with you. Remember that Homer said, "The tongue speaks
wisely when the soul is wise," and surely the soul can be wise only when
one is entirely calm, self-confident and at peace with all the world!
LOCAL PHRASES AND MANNERISMS
It is not always easy to drop the local phrases, colloquial expressions
and mannerisms to which one has been accustomed for a long time. Yet
good society does not tolerate these errors in speech.
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