Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence.

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

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.

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good manners.