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: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

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.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the read more

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

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.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.