Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

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.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over read more

I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

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.

Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit read more

Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.