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The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
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
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.
Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit read more
Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
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.
Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
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.