Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

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.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.