Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

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

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

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.

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

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.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is read more

If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.