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.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

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 are made up of petty sacrifices.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

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.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

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.

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.