Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

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.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

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.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

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.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

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.

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

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