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Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no read more
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.
Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
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.
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at read more
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.
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.
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.
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.