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.

Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop

Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your read more

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

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.

No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little

No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little

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.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.