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.

Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit read more

Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

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.

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

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.