Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

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.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

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

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.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and read more

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.