Question

"i say that in my opinion, in a lady who lives at court a certain pleasing affability is becoming above all else, whereby she will be able to entertain graciously every kind of man with agreeable and comely conversation suited to the time and place and to the station of the person with whom she speaks"

Answer 1

The question here is who the author of this passage is and the answer is Baldassare Castiglione. He as an Italian writer, courtier, and diplomat. He is recognized mainly for his "Book of the Courtier." This effort, which depicts the model courtier, was a principal vehicle in scattering Italian humanism into England and France.