Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.

Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, read more

To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of which you say

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of which you say

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence.

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence.

Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his read more

Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be read more

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation read more

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.