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.

Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

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.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

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.

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.

Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.

Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.