The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

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.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

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.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

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.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

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

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