I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and read more

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

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.

If it does stand out [my clothing], then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.

If it does stand out [my clothing], then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

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.

Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and read more

Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

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 has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But read more

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.