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.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

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.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

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

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

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.

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.

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

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.