There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

Information is not knowledge.

Information is not knowledge.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. read more

Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with read more

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no read more

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.

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.

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.

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

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