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.

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.

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.

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.

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the read more

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

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.

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.

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.