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.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

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.

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

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good 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.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.