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Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.
Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
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.
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.
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man read more
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.
One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.