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

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

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

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 manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

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

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

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

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

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

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.