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.

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.

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.

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.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

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.

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.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

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.