Amiability Rules

1. Smile habitually.
2. Never answer by a No, or a negative sign when a superior commands.
3. Spare others all the trouble that you can take on yourself.
4. Never show yourself discontented or sulky.
5. Repress every impatient gesture, every unguarded word.
6. Let a kind word accompany the orders given to inferiors.
7. Even when a reproof is well deserved, never administer it with rudeness or bitterness.
8. Do not forget the little formulas of politeness . . . "thank you", "if you please", etc.

. . . just as there is no happiness without sacrifice, so also every sacrifice brings with it a little happiness.

-- The Art of Being Happy