Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

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.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

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.

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.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

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.

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.

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.