Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

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.

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

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.

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.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.