Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

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.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at read more

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

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.