Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

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.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with read more

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

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

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

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.