Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; read more

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents

Tact is the intelligence of the heart

Tact is the intelligence of the heart

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 ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.

Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.

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

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

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.

Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.

Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.

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.