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.

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.

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.

If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is read more

If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.

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

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

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.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

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

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