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.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

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

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

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

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

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases read more

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.

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.