Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is ... opening a door that we may derive instruction from read more

Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is ... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for read more

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation read more

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop

Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.