Class

Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident in the knowledge that you can meet life head-on and handle whatever comes along.
Class never makes excuses. It takes its lumps and learns from past mistakes.
Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners are nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.
Class bespeaks an aristocracy that has nothing to do with ancestors or money. The most affluent blue blood can be totally without class while the descendant of a Kentucky miner may ooze from every pore.
Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down.
Class doesn't strive to look better by making others look worse.
Class can "walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch".
Everyone is comfortable with those who have class because they are comfortable with who they are.
If you have class, you don't need much of anything else. If you don't have it, no matter what else you have - it doesn't make a difference.

- from Plastics World / July 1994