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.

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

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

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

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

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

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.

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.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.