Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

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.

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

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

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.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and read more

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

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.

I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over read more

I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings.