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

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

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.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

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.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

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.

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.