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.

Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help read more

Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

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.

The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.

The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our read more

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our buddies in the foxhole. We rise out of the trenches and charge the entreched enemy and die like maggots under a blowtorch. We strap bombs on our bodies and blow ourselves up in the midst of our enemies. We are, when the cause is sufficient, insane.

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.