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.

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.

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.

It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

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.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.